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Frida Kahlo Research Paper

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Frida Kahlo

Artist Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Mexico City, Mexico. She grew up in the family’s home where she was born. Her father, Wilhelm, was a German photographer who had immigrated to Mexico where he met and married her mother Matilde. She had two older sisters, Matilde and Adriana, and her younger sister, Cristina, was born the year after Frida. She grew up being an atheist.

In 1922, Kahlo enrolled at the National Preparatory School. She was one of the few female students to attend the school, and she became known for her love of traditional and colorful clothes and jewelry. That same year, Diego Rivera, a famous muralist, went to work on a project at the school. Kahlo watched as Rivera created a mural called The Creation in the school’s lecture hall. According to some reports, she told a friend that she would someday have Rivera’s baby. On September 17, 1925, Kahlo and Gómez Arias, the boy she was involved with, were traveling with one another on a bus when the vehicle collided with a streetcar. As a result of the collision, Kahlo was impaled by a steel handrail. The handrail went into her hip and came out the other side. She suffered several serious injuries as a result, including fractures in her spine and pelvis. …show more content…

She wanted to focus on her painting as she recovered in a body cast. She had a total of 30 operations in her lifetime. Instead of lying in bed forever, Kahlo joined the Young Communist League and the Mexican Communist Party in order to become more politically

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