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    Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter born in 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico. She suffered from polio as a child and a serious bus accident in 1925 that left her in severe and lifelong pain. Before the accident, Kahlo had no interest in painting but it became a central part of her life during her long recovery process. She painted her first self-portrait in 1926. Kahlo met and married painter Diego Rivera in 1928. She is now considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century known for her works exploring feminine identity and using her own life experiences, especially the painful aspects, as inspiration.

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    Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter born in 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico. She suffered from polio as a child and a serious bus accident in 1925 that left her in severe and lifelong pain. Before the accident, Kahlo had no interest in painting but it became a central part of her life during her long recovery process. She painted her first self-portrait in 1926. Kahlo met and married painter Diego Rivera in 1928. She is now considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century known for her works exploring feminine identity and using her own life experiences, especially the painful aspects, as inspiration.

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    Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter born in 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico. She suffered from polio as a child and a serious bus accident in 1925 that left her in severe and lifelong pain. Before the accident, Kahlo had no interest in painting but it became a central part of her life during her long recovery process. She painted her first self-portrait in 1926. Kahlo met and married painter Diego Rivera in 1928. She is now considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century known for her works exploring feminine identity and using her own life experiences, especially the painful aspects, as inspiration.

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    My name is Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderón but whole people know


    me for Frida Khalo. I was born in July 6th in Coyoacán, Mexico in 1907. And, I´m
    a painter.
    My childhood was not the best, because I suffered from poliomyelitis, it's like
    infantile paralysis and I couldn't walk very well; but with exercises and
    rehabilitation programs I was able to recover. Due to my illness, I couldn´t enjoy
    playing and participating in activities with other children, but my father was
    always there to support me.
    In 1925 I had a serious accident when I was returning from school with my ex-
    boyfriend, Alejandro Gómez Arias, on a bus. I fractured my spine in three parts.
    In addition to my ribs and collarbone sustaining injuries, my right leg was broken
    into eleven pieces and my right foot was dislocated. I am alive because God
    wanted it that way. I underwent multiple surgical operations, plaster corsets
    and different types, as well as various "stretching" mechanisms to improve.
    Before the accident, painting did not interest me at all. But after suffering the
    accident, painting takes on a central place in my life. In September 1926 I
    painted my first oil self-portrait, which I dedicated to Alejandro Gómez Arias, my
    ex-boyfriend. and as if it were a dedicated song, I understood the purpose of my
    paintings: to reflect in them the events of my life and the feelings they produced
    in me.
    In 1928 I met Diego Rivera at a party and after a few months we started a
    relationship. Then in 1929 we got married.
    The Tate Modern considers me "one of the most important artists of the 20th
    century", [251] while, according to art historian Elizabeth Bakewell, I am "one of
    the most important figures of the 20th century in Mexico". All this due to my
    participation and search for the feminine identity in my works; in addition to the
    fact that my reputation and recognition as an artist and person arises above all
    from a fascination with the story of my life, especially the painful and tragic
    aspects.
    I´m a common and normal person. I like to walk in the park with my husband, I
    like to read books of romance and psicology. My favorite book is “Pride and
    Prejudice” by Jane Austen. Also, I like to take pictures of beautiful landscapes.
    If a weren´t a painter now, I will be a medical illustrator because a like science
    and art. Also, if I weren't a painter, I'd like to be an arts teacher to teach that art
    is a form of expression that helps us communicate our feelings and more. I´ll
    work in a school and museums.

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