She is celebrated in mexico for her attention to mexican and indigenous culture and by feminists for her depiction of the female experience and form. Frida kahlo's highly imaginative, brooding, introspective paintings are emblematic of her struggle with a crippling accident and tense marriage to diego rivera. Over the next three decades, she would produce a relatively small yet consistent and arresting body of work. Frida, always her own favorite model, was not about preserving youthful beauty so much as identifying herself with mexico, her beloved homeland Frida's acquired birth year just so happens to. It is now the most expensive latin american artwork.
Wilhelm (guillermo) kahlo, frida’s father, is born We thank bank of america for the support received for the renovation of this website. A downloadable lesson plan about the life and work of frida kahlo that can be used by teachers in class or by students to work through at their own pace.
OPEN
