Frida Kahlo

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born

July 06, 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico

died

July 13, 1954

gender

female

genre

Arts & Photography

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Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter, who has achieved great international popularity. She painted using vibrant colors in a style that was influenced by indigenous cultures of Mexico as well as by European influences that include Realism, Symbolism, and Surrealism. Many of her works are self-portraits that symbolically express her own pain and sexuality.

In 1929 Kahlo married the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. They shared political views, and he encouraged her artistic endeavors. Although she has long been recognized as an important painter, public awareness of her work has become more widespread since the 1970. Her "Blue" house in Coyoacán, Mexico City is a museum, donated by Diego Rivera upon his death in 1957.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 3,449 ratings · 119 reviews · 33 distinct works

	The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait by Frida Kahlo, Carlos Fuentes (Introduction), Sarah M. Lowe (Introduction) 4.03 avg rating — 2,492 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Letters of Frida Kahlo: Cartas Apasionadas 4.11 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Frida by Frida, 2nd Expanded Edition 4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Frida Kahlo Postcard Book by Frida Kahlo, Marquand Books Inc. Staff, Marquand Books Inc. 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1991	My rating:
	Frida Kahlo: The Painter and Her Work by Frida Kahlo, Helga Prignitz-Poda 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Kahlo Art Tattoos by Frida Kahlo, Marty Noble (Design) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	Frida Kahlo 1907-1954: Pain and Passion (Basic Series) by Frida Kahlo, Andrea Kettenmann 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	El Diario de Frida Kahlo 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Escrituras 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Frida by Frida by Raquel Tibol, Frida Kahlo 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Frida Kahlo

“I drank to drown my sorrows, but the damned things learned how to swim.”
― Frida Kahlo

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“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it's true I'm here, and I'm just as strange as you.”
― Frida Kahlo

tags: bizarre , feel , flawed , hope , imgaine , know , people , person , read , strangest , think-strange , thought , world

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“Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?”
― Frida Kahlo

tags: inspirational

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