Frida Kahlo

(1907-1954)

Mexican painter

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Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy. In addition to belonging to the post-revolutionary Mexicayotl movement, which sought to define a Mexican identity, Kahlo has been described as a surrealist or magical realist. She is also known for painting about her experience of chronic pain.

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Born	Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón 6 July 1907 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Coyoacan (The Blue House)
Died	14 July 1954 (aged 47) Coyoacan, Mexico
Zodiac	Cancer
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Diego Rivera 1886-1957 · Mexican muralist · m. 1929; div. 1939 info edit

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Guillermo Kahlo · Father · 1871-1941 · German-Mexican photographer edit info

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Cristina Kahlo · Sister · 1908-1964 · Mexican painter edit info

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Cristina Kahlo · Great-niece · 1960- · Mexican photographer edit info

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André Breton · 1896-1966 · French writer and poet, co-founder of Surrealism info edit view couple »

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Dolores Del Río · 1904-1983 · Mexican actress info edit view couple »

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Josephine Baker · 1906-1975 · American-born French dancer, singer and actress info edit view couple »

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Georgia O'Keeffe · 1887-1986 · American artist info edit view couple »

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Tina Modotti · 1896-1942 · Italian-born photographer and actress, active in the USA and Mexico info edit view couple »

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Alejandro Gomez Arias · - · info edit view couple »

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Nicholas Muray · 1892-1965 · Hungarian-born American photographer and Olympic saber fencer info edit view couple »

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Isamu Noguchi · 1904-1988 · Japanese-American artist and landscape architect info edit view couple »

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Lev Trotskiy · 1879-1940 · Russian Marxist revolutionary info edit view couple »

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Heinz Berggruen · 1914-2007 · German business info edit view couple »

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Natalia Sedova · Friend · 1882-1962 · Russian revolutionary edit info

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Tina Modotti · Friend · 1896-1942 · Italian-born photographer and actress, active in the USA and Mexico edit info

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Julio Antonio Mella · Friend · 1903-1929 · Cuban politician edit info

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Julien Levy · Friend · 1906-1981 · American art dealer edit info

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Andrés Henestrosa · Friend · 1906-2008 · Mexican politician edit info

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Paulette Goddard · Friend · 1910-1990 · American actress edit info

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