Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist, famous for her self-reflective, Surrealist paintings. Frida Kahlo painting expresses many visions of her life. She dealt with a lot of pain that is seen in her artwork. She was born in Coyoacan Mexico in July 1907 and died from pneumonia complication in 1954 at the age of forty-seven. She was the first born to her father Guillermo Kahlo second marriage to Matilda Calderon her mother a Catholic Mexican. Frida's father was a Jewish-Hungarian immigrant photographer who was born in Germany. (The Knitting Circle Art, 1)

Frida's mother became pregnant after Frida's birth and therefore was unable to nurse Frida only a wet nurse. A wet nurse is a woman that would give breast milk to children who's birth mother was not able to breast feed. Because of this, Frida had a wet nurse and never felt truly connected with her mother. But Frida was really close to her father. In fact she was viewed as his favorite child. They spent a lot of time together and he taught her how to retouch photographs (Herrera, 14) During this time Frida has began to feel pain and this is seen in the picture she painted "Wet-Nurse" it illustrates a woman with a mask that is breast

Frida Kahlo contacted polio at the age of seven and suffered greatly. Frida was held back one year due to her sickness with polio. Her father took great care of her, but as she got better Frida's right leg had stopped growing. It was very thin and was stunned growth. She was nicknamed at school "Peg-Leg". This was the beginning of the rebellious Frida; she played with boys and had a boyish look about her but that would change over the years. When Frida was fourteen years old, Diego Rivera came to her school to paint a mural. In high school Frida was a troublemaker. Frida's teachers would have a very hard time with her and anyone who had authority over her; especially Diego Rivera. She teased and played trick on him while he was trying to paint a mural at her school. (Venezia, 20)

Diego later described that day as the most tragic day of his life. Frida lived her life to the fullest, despite immense pain, handicaps, and suffering. She had a gift for communicating her emotions to the world through painting. Her paintings are beautiful, often heartbreaking works, and are uniquely her style. Yet she is an amazing woman in her own right, for what she has endured, how she persevered, and how she was an inspiration and example of strength. (Herrea)

Why do I call him My Diego? He never was nor ever will be mine. He belongs to himself.'(Frida's Diary) In this poem you can see how Frida emphasizes on how much she needs Diego. I really think she view him more as a father figure someone she could learn from and love dearly. I would like to point out that some of her artwork, which shows a fetus, is quit disturbing. With Rivera she suffered one miscarriage and also had to have and abortion due to the position of the fetus. It was a very sad time for Frida but she struggled along and showed her pain and depression thru her paintings.

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