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Frida Kahlo: Icon of Strength and Art

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter born in 1907 who is admired as a feminist icon. She was married to Diego Rivera and known for breaking stereotypes through her artwork addressing topics like beauty, sexuality, and feminine problems. Kahlo suffered polio as a child and was seriously injured in a bus accident in 1925, leaving her disabled and often bedridden. Despite great physical and emotional pain from her injuries and troubled marriage, she was a prolific and influential painter who turned her personal tragedy into powerful self-portraits that have made her one of Mexico's most famous artists.

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Frida Kahlo: Icon of Strength and Art

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter born in 1907 who is admired as a feminist icon. She was married to Diego Rivera and known for breaking stereotypes through her artwork addressing topics like beauty, sexuality, and feminine problems. Kahlo suffered polio as a child and was seriously injured in a bus accident in 1925, leaving her disabled and often bedridden. Despite great physical and emotional pain from her injuries and troubled marriage, she was a prolific and influential painter who turned her personal tragedy into powerful self-portraits that have made her one of Mexico's most famous artists.

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Karla Jaramillo S.

Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón

● Was born on July 6, 1907 in


Coyocoan, Mexico City, Mexico.

● Was married to Diego Rivera and

● Is still admired as a feminist icon


and considered one of the Mexico's
greatest artist.

● She died on 13 July 1954 (aged 47)

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Feminist icon
● Break stereotypes: beauty,
Chavela Vargas
sexuality, etc.

● Fight towards equality.

● Taboo topics.

Henry Ford Hospital, 1932.

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love
dependency
● Infidelities and psychological abuse.

● Resignation: fear of losing him


forever.

● She gave up her desires and


values.

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

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irreverence
● She stood out in a men's world.

Moisés, 1945.
● She had no limits or fears.

● Make feminine problems visible.

Unos cuantos piquetitos, 1935.

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strong woman
● Poliomyelitis (1913): trouble
walking.

● Accident (1925): fracture of the


spine, pelvis, ribs and leg.

● She was bedridden, and began to


paint.

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frustrated dream
● Her biggest dream: being a mom.

● 3 abortions.

● Emotional disequilibrium.

Frida and abortion, 1932.

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wink to tragedy
● Her life: her best work.

● Captured her tragedy in her


paintings.

● Took the bad and turned it into art.

Frida, painting her torso.

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We all have a role model in our lives. For many people, is a singer or
an artist. In my case, it's Frida Kahlo, a woman who suffered a lot
during her life.
However, despite everything, she knew how to take advantage of all
her pain and could flourish.

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bibliography
● Antelo, F. (2013). Pain and the Paintbrush: The Life and Art of Frida Kahlo. [online] Journal of Ethics | American Medical Association.
Retivered 21 February 2020, from [Link]

● Campese, L. (2015). The Life, Art, and Mental Illness of Frida Kahlo | Talkspace. Retrieved 21 February 2020, from
[Link]

● Phillips, R. (2014). Artist Frida Kahlo Transcended Suffering through Art. Retrieved 21 February 2020, from
[Link]

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