Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo is a Mexican painter. She was born in Coyoacan, Mexico city the 6th of July in 1907. She is known for her many portraits, self- portraits and works inspired by the nature artifacts of Mexico. She is also known for her chronic pain.

She experienced a type of pain that is also known by other titles such as gradual burning pain, electrical pain, throbbing pain, and nauseating pain. This type of pain is sometimes confused with acute pain and can last from three months to several years. Also she was disabled by Polio at a younger age

Kahlo had been a promising student headed for medical school until being injured in a bus accident at the age of 18, which caused her lifelong pain and medical problems. During her recovery, she returned to her childhood interest in art with the idea of becoming an artist.

These diseases/accidents didn't stop her passion for art. Eventhough she was in bed all day due to her disease,she began drawing things around her and other things she could see. Sometimes her dad would hold a mirror so she could see herself, and draw a self-portrait.

Kahlo's interests in politics and art led her to join the Mexican Communist Party in 1927,through which she met fellow Mexican artist Diego Rivera. The couple married in 1929 and spent the late 1920s and early 1930s travelling in Mexico and the United States together. During this time, she developed her artistic style, drawing her main inspiration from Mexican folk culture, and painted mostly small self-portraits that mixed elements from pre-Columbian and Catholic beliefs