During a time when Mexico was ruled by a dictator. On July 6, 1907, Frida Kahlo was born. Her birth name was Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo. There were many injustices in Mexico for over decades, three years after Frida was born that was the start of the Mexican Revolution. . Frida use to tell people know that she was born in 1910. The beginning of the Mexican revolution.
Frida was her father’s favorite because he felt she was the brainiest and like him. She was the third child, out of four daughters. They lived at Casa Azul. Now known as the Museum of Frida Kahlo.
When Frida was a little girl, she was diagnose with polio at the age of six. While recovering, her right leg stayed thinner than her left leg and her right foot was prevented from growing into a normal size. Despite her handicaps, Frida became a tomboy, maybe this was a way for her to compensate the differences she had while being a girl with disabilities. She played games and sports competitively. “My toys were those of a boy: skates and bicycles,” Frida said. Later in life as an adult she collected dolls. Frida Kahlo represents strength and resilience. She …show more content…
In 1946, Frida was awarded the Mexican National Prize for Painting for her work entitled “Moses.” She once wrote that she never knew she was a surrealist “until Andre Breton came to Mexico and told me I was one.” Breton wrote admirably “The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon about a bomb.” Although Frida avoided labels. Diego said Frida was realist. Pablo Picasso wrote: “Neither Rivera nor Derain, nor do I know how to paint faces such as Frida Kahlo.” Frida said, “They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.” Hayden Herrera agreed to that “Frida is down to earth,” having depicted “real images in the most literal, straightforward way.” Frida’s paintings “interweave fact and fantasy as if the two were inseparable and equally real,” Herrera
Frida was her father’s favorite because he felt she was the brainiest and like him. She was the third child, out of four daughters. They lived at Casa Azul. Now known as the Museum of Frida Kahlo.
When Frida was a little girl, she was diagnose with polio at the age of six. While recovering, her right leg stayed thinner than her left leg and her right foot was prevented from growing into a normal size. Despite her handicaps, Frida became a tomboy, maybe this was a way for her to compensate the differences she had while being a girl with disabilities. She played games and sports competitively. “My toys were those of a boy: skates and bicycles,” Frida said. Later in life as an adult she collected dolls. Frida Kahlo represents strength and resilience. She …show more content…
In 1946, Frida was awarded the Mexican National Prize for Painting for her work entitled “Moses.” She once wrote that she never knew she was a surrealist “until Andre Breton came to Mexico and told me I was one.” Breton wrote admirably “The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon about a bomb.” Although Frida avoided labels. Diego said Frida was realist. Pablo Picasso wrote: “Neither Rivera nor Derain, nor do I know how to paint faces such as Frida Kahlo.” Frida said, “They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.” Hayden Herrera agreed to that “Frida is down to earth,” having depicted “real images in the most literal, straightforward way.” Frida’s paintings “interweave fact and fantasy as if the two were inseparable and equally real,” Herrera