Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)

Who she was?

• Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacan, Mexico City, but
she told people she was born in 1910, so that people would directly
associate her with the Mexican Revolution that began in 1910. 
• She was a Mexican painter, who mostly painted self-portraits.
Events in her life
• At age 6, she was struck with polio
affecting the use her right leg.
• 1925 bus accident leaves Frida with
injuries from which she never fully
recovers.
• On September 15, 1932, Frida‘s mother dies.
• On July 13, 1954 Frida dies in her sleep.
„Self Portrait in a
Velvet Dress“ – first
Frida‘s self portrait.
Frida‘s style of artwork:
• Self portrait;
• Still life;
• Surrealist.

Roots, 1943 by Frida Kahlo

Still life works

Roses

Still life with parrot

Fruits of the Earth

Viva la Vida Watermelons

 Self portrait works

Self Portrait Time Flies

Me and my parrots
Self Portrait with Thorn
Necklace and Hummingbird
Surrealist works

Without Hope

The Chick

The Wounded Table

In her career, Frida Kahlo created
143 paintings out of which 55 are
self-portraits. Kahlo said, "I paint
myself because I am so often
alone and because I am the
subject I know best."
Quotes
• „I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the
days and nights that I am away from you. ” - Frida Kahlo
• „I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.” - Frida
Kahlo
• „Painting completed my life. ” - Frida Kahlo
• „Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to
abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing.” –
Frida Kahlo
• „I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I
thought there are so many people in the world, there must be
someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I
do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there
thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this
and know that, yes, it's true I'm here, and I'm just as strange as you.”
- Frida Kahlo