1. FRIDA KALHO

2. INTRODUCTION
Frida Kahlo de Rivera was a  Mexican painter known for her self-portraits.
Kahlo's life began and ended in Mexico City. Her work has been celebrated internationally as emblematic of Mexican national and indigenous traditions(native or folk art).
Her work is applauded by feminists for its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form.
Her work has also been described as surrealist.
Kahlo had a volatile marriage and suffered lifelong health problems. Recovering from her injuries isolated her from other people, and this isolation influenced her works, many of which are self-portraits.
Kahlo suggested, "I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.”

4. EARLY LIFE
When Kahlo was six years old, she contracted polio, which rendered her right leg shorter and thinner than the left. The illness made her the target of bullies. But it also made her Guillermo's favorite. He taught her about literature, nature, and philosophy, and encouraged her to exercise and play sports to regain her strength. She took up bicycling, roller skating, swimming, boxing, and wrestling, despite the fact that many of these activities were then reserved for boys.

5. THE ACCIDENT
On September 17, 1925, on her way home from school the wooden bus they were riding collided with a streetcar.
Kahlo suffered fatal injuries--an iron handrail impaled her through her pelvis, fracturing the bone, and she also fractured several ribs, her legs, and a collarbone and displaced three vertebras.
She initially spent 3 months recovering at home. The accident ended Kahlo's dreams of becoming a doctor, and she experienced pain and illness for the rest of her life.
To occupy herself during her recovery, she began to paint with the aid of a special easel and mirror.
Most of the paintings Kahlo made during this time were portraits of herself, her sisters and school friends

7. Key Ideas
1. Using her personal tragedies - both physical and psychological .Kahlo produced images that were emotionally raw and visually disturbing.
2. Kahlo's interest in her own mixed German-Mexican ancestry in conjunction with the influence of her husband's strong nationalism. She began to draw inspiration from Mexican folk art.
3. Though not an official member of Surrealism, Kahlo's bizarre imagery along with her linear style was reminiscent of Surrealists such as Salvador Dalí with the difference being that Kahlo's subject matter was deeply personal rather than humorous or intellectual.

8. TEENAGE YEARS AND DIEGO RIVERA
Kahlo's confinement was over by late 1927, and she began again socializing with her old school friends. She joined the Mexican Communist Party, and was introduced to a circle of political activists and artists. It was then that Kahlo was introduced to Diego Rivera, one of Mexico's most celebrated artists and a notable figure in the Communist Party. Shortly after they were introduced, Kahlo approached him to judge whether her paintings showed enough talent for her to pursue a career as an artist.
Rivera recalled being impressed by her works, stating that they showed “An unusual energy of expression, plastic honesty, and an artistic personality of their own. It was obvious to me that this girl was an authentic artist".

9. MARRIAGE TO DIEGO RIVERA
Diego Rivera had a great influence on Kahlo's painting style. As a young artist, Kahlo communicated with the Mexican painter Diego Rivera, whose work she admired. He gave her many insights about her artwork while still leaving her space to explore herself. Positive encouragement.
The were married in Their marriage was troubled. The couple divorced in November 1939, but remarried in December Kalho was able to successfully translate her anger at the divorce into art.
Kahlo's accident made it impossible for her to have her own children, resulting in several miscarriages throughout her life. Because of her experiences with infertility, many of her paintings reference reproductive failure such as Henry Ford Hospital

10. Frieda and Diego Rivera (1931)
The Two Fridas (1939)

11. SELF POTRAIT WITH CROPPED HAIR
The Suicide of Dorothy Hale
SELF POTRAIT WITH CROPPED HAIR

12. POSTHUMOUS FAME
Kahlo's work was not widely acclaimed until decades after her death. Often she was remembered only as Diego Rivera’s wife. It was not until the end of the 1970s and the early 1980s, that she became well-known to the public. 
Additional factors during the 1980s helped to make her better known: The first retrospective of Kahlo's work outside Mexico was exhibited at Whitechapel Gallery in London in May 1982, The exhibition traveled to Sweden, Germany, Manhattan, and Mexico City. Kahlo created at least 140 paintings, along with dozens of drawings and studies

13. SELF POTRAIT IN VELVET DRESS (1926)
THE FRAME (1938)

14. La Casa Azul
La Casa Azul (The Blue House) in Mexico City, also referred to as Museo Frida Kahlo since it became a museum in 1958, is the family home where Frida Kahlo grew up and to which she returned in her final years. Her father, Guillermo Kahlo, built the house in 1907 as the Kahlo family home. 
Kahlo and Rivera lived together in the Blue House between 1929 and Diego Rivera donated it upon his death in 1957, three years after that of Kahlo. The house is a museum containing artifacts of her life and is a popular tourist destination.

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