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[[Image:Frida_kahlo.jpg‎|right|thumb|200px|Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)]]

[[Image:Frida_kahlo.jpg‎|right|thumb|200px|left|Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)]]

'''Frida Kahlo''' (1907-1954) was a well known Mexican [[painter]], and was the third wife of famous painter [[Diego Rivera]]. Born July 6, 1907 in Coyoacán, [[Mexico]], she was the third of four daughters born to Guillermo Kahlo and Matilde Calderon y Gonzales.

'''Frida Kahlo''' (1907-1954) was a well known Mexican [[painter]], and was the third wife of famous painter [[Diego Rivera]]. Born July 6, 1907 in Coyoacán, [[Mexico]], she was the third of four daughters born to Guillermo Kahlo and Matilde Calderon y Gonzales.

After Frida left the hospital, she was forced to remain bedridden and mostly immobile at home while healing from the spinal and pelvic injuries, and began painting. Frida's paintings seemed of the [[surrealism|surrealistic]] style, but she called them realistic, and said she expressed her feelings through her paintings. Her first serious painting "Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress" (Autorretrato con Traje de Terciopelo) was completed in 1926. Many of her paintings are self portraits and still life scenes.

After Frida left the hospital, she was forced to remain bedridden and mostly immobile at home while healing from the spinal and pelvic injuries, and began painting. Frida's paintings seemed of the [[surrealism|surrealistic]] style, but she called them realistic, and said she expressed her feelings through her paintings. Her first serious painting "Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress" (Autorretrato con Traje de Terciopelo) was completed in 1926. Many of her paintings are self portraits and still life scenes.

 

On August 21, 1929, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera wed, it was her first marriage, his third. She was 22 years old, he was 42. During their marriage the couple was unsuccessful in their attempts to have children, and their union ended in divorce.  

On August 21, 1929, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera wed, it was her first marriage, his third. She was 22 years old, he was 42. During their marriage the couple was unsuccessful in their attempts to have children, and their union ended in divorce.  

==References==

==References==

 

*http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120679/

*http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120679/

*http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/kahlo_frida.html

*http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/kahlo_frida.html

==See Also==

==See Also==

* [[Diego Rivera]]

* [[Painting Schools]]

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