During the course of her life she painted many portraits reflecting her inner emotions. Many people said that she lived dying.

Without a doubt, Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was one of the most influential artists of Mexico in the middle twentieth century. Using self-portraiture to announce herself and explore the tangled realm of her feelings, Kahlo's unworldly art teaches much about the nature of pain and suffering, as well as the impact of a biracial backgrounds. But beyond the classic interpretations of her work lie a more mysterious phenomenon, for Kahlo has become a cult figure in pop culture and feminism.

Born on July 6, (in Coyoacan, Mexico) Frida became a member of a family composed of Germans and Mexicans and began a life that she would have not by any means thought of having. Her father, Guillermo Kahlo of German descent, was indifferent to religion and allowed his wife, Matilde Calderon, to proceed with his daughter's education in the dominant religion of Mexico: Roman Catholicism. Despite her mother's control over her other s

isters, Frida began to show signs of rebellion in life and religion. Perhaps this rebellion emerged from the feeling that Frida was distant from her mother's warmth due to Matilde's strict attitude and her decision to ban her older sister for running away, and not allowing her to come back after twelve years. As her rebellious attitude developed, she began to call her mother "mi Jefe" (My Boss).

At the age of six, Frida became bed ridden as she had contracted the most deadly disease to the children of the time: polio. When Frida had recovered after nine months, her right leg was shorter and thinner, and she acquired a forcefully pronounced limp. Frida, although rebellious, was a smart student and was soon enrolled in the National Preparatory School of Mexico. At the age of fourteen she pursued a carrier in the medical field and had decided to attend to make her way out of her home. It was in this school that she became a member of the Cachuchas. This was a group of seven boys and two girls which were intellectually gifted and were also trouble makers. It was also with this crowd that she began teasing Diego Rivera ( a famous muralist who was to paint in the schools auditorium in 1922). With time, Frida became involved with Diego and his work. She would sit for hours watching him to perhaps get his attention. It is at this time when she began to paint, to show Rivera her art work which he approved by telling her that she had the talent.

Frida Kahlo's psychological probings and fantastic imagery have often been linked to the Surrealist movement. She was more a Surrealist discovery than an actual Surrealist. Her work, like Rivera's, was part of Mexico's new, socially progressive.

Ever since her accident, Frida would draw portraits of herself and other things. One day, when she was all better she went to see Diego Rivera. She knew that he was a very respectable artist. She told him that she wanted to know if her paintings were good enough to make a career out of them. From then on, they continued to see each other. Diego Rivera was forty-one years old when Frida

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