Frida Kahlo’s Personal Photos and Letters
When I ask people to name as many famous fine art painters who were women, the list is usually fairly short. I’m not sure why so few names are front of mind. The list usually stalls after just a few names. Grandma Moses. Mary Cassett. Georgia O’Keeffe. And perhaps… Frida Kahlo.
Frida Kahlo was probably best known for her expressive and symbolic self-portraits and as the wife of Mexican muralist and Cubist painter Diego Rivera.
Born outside of Mexico City in 1907, Frida she survived a bout of polio as a child, and while studying medicine, she was involved in a terrible auto accident which broke her …read more
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