Freida Kahlo

What gener is she from: Mexican artist

Give a breif bio. (include where she was born, what happened to her in her life that shaped her art, how she died, who was she married to) minimal citation!!!!Do not cut and paste in your own words

"Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in the house of her parents, known as La Casa Azul (The Blue House), in Coyoacán. At the time, this was a small town on the outskirts of Mexico City.On September 17, 1925, Kahlo was riding in a bus when the vehicle collided with a trolley car. She suffered serious injuries in the accident, including a broken spinal column, a broken collarbone, broken ribs, a broken pelvis, eleven fractures in her right leg, a crushed and dislocated right foot, and a dislocated shoulder. An iron handrail pierced her abdomen and her uterus, which seriously damaged her reproductive ability.She had thirty-five operations as a result of the accident."( wikipedia,Frida)After the accident,Frida turned her attention away from the pain and became a full-time painter. The accident left her in a great deal of pain while she recovered in a full body cast; she painted to keep her intertained.Although she recovered from her injuries and eventually regained her ability to walk, she was plagued by relapses of extreme pain for the remainder of her life.One day, she approached the painter, Diego Rivera, whose work she like alot, asking him for advice about continuing her art career. He recognized her talent.They began an intimate relationship with Frida. "They were married in 1929, despite the disapproval of Frida's mother.

Their marriage was often tumultuous. Kahlo and Rivera had fiery temperaments and had numerous extramarital affairs. Kahlo had affairs with both men and women, Rivera knew and tolerated her relationships with women, but her relationships with men made him jealous. For her part, Kahlo was furious when she learned that Rivera had an affair with her younger sister, Cristina. The couple eventually divorced, but remarried in 1940."(Wikipedia,frida)

The year before her death she had her left leg amputated at the knee, because of gangrene.The cause of death is pulmonary embolism, some say that it could of been an over dose it may or may not of been accidental. It has not been proven.After her death her husband said "The day Kahlo died was the most tragic day of my life,I have realized that the most wonderful part of my life had been my love for her.

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I like this picture because i couls look at it for a long time just trying to find all the little thing hinden in the painting.

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I picked this one cause i beleive it is the most bloody one of her paintings and the picture frame scares me a little and the gree carpet it just makes the picture look more gruesom.