Frida Khalo

The Mexican artist known for her self-portraits and works inspired by Mexican culture.

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico, who employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society¹.

1925: Kahlo began to paint while recovering from a near-fatal bus accident
1927: Kahlo joined the Mexican Communist Party
1929: Kahlo married fellow Mexican artist Diego Rivera
1938: Kahlo had her first solo exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York, arranged by surrealist artist André Breton
1939: Kahlo had another solo exhibition in Paris. The Louvre purchased a painting from Kahlo, The Frame, making her the first Mexican artist to be featured in their collection

Masterpieces by Frida Khalo

Self Portrait with thorn necklace and hummingbird (1940)

The Broken Column — The broken column (1944)

Me and my Parrots — Me and my parrots (1941)

"I paint flowers so they will not die." -Frida Khalo.

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