This document provides biographical information about Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. It notes that she was born in 1907 in Mexico City and is best known for her self-portraits. Kahlo contracted polio at a young age and was disabled. She began painting while recovering from a bus accident in her home, where she lived with her husband Diego Rivera. Kahlo explored Mexican culture and questions of identity in her art. She has become an iconic figure representing feminism.

1. SELF-PORTRAITS

2. •DATE OF BIRTH:
•6th July1907
•PLACE OF BIRTH:
•Coyoacán, Mexico City
•DATE OF DEATH:
•13th July 1954

3. •NATIONALITY:
Mexican
•OCCUPATION:
Painter
MAGDALENA CARMEN
FRIDA KAHLO Y CALDERÓN

4. FRIDA KAHLO’S
POPULARITY
Frida Kahlo became famous for her
self-portraits.

5. FAMILY
• Mother: Matilde Calderón
• Father: Guillermo Kahlo
• Sisters: Matilde, Adriana
and Cristina
• Half-sisters: Luisa, María
and Margarita
• Husband: Diego Rivera

6. LA CASA AZUL
The house where
Frida Kahlo grew up is
now a museum
known as The Blue
House.

7. INTERESTING FACT
Frida Kahlo contracted polio
when she was 6 years old, which
caused her right leg to be thinner
than the other.

8. INTERESTING FACT
In 1935, Frida Kahlo had a terrible
bus accident and she started to
paint from her bed to express the
pain that she was feeling.

9. INTERESTING FACT
Frida Kahlo approached the artist
Diego Rivera to ask for an opinion
on her work. They fell in love and
they married twice.

10. INTERESTING FACT
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
moved to the USA in 1931 and
they spent three years there.
They lived in San Francisco,
Detroit and New York.

11. INTERESTING FACT
Diego Rivera wanted to stay in
the USA, but Frida Kahlo felt
homesick and was very unhappy
there, so they moved back to
Mexico.

12. INTERESTING FACT
Frida Kahlo’s health was very
poor and she died on 13th July
1954, at the age of 47.

13. FRIDA KAHLO’S
WORK
Her work was inspired by Mexico’s
popular culture and she employed a
folk art style.

14. FRIDA KAHLO’S
WORK
She explored questions of identity,
postcolonialism, gender, class and
race in Mexican society.

15. FRIDA KAHLO’S
WORK
Frida Kahlo became a recognized figure
in art history and is regarded as an icon
for the feminism movement.

16. SELF-PORTRAITS
by Frida Kahlo
Observe these self-portraits and
describe Frida Kahlo’s appearance.

17. SELF-PORTRAIT 1

18. SELF-PORTRAIT IN A VELVET DRESS

19. SELF-PORTRAIT IN RED AND
GOLD DRESS

20. SELF-PORTRAIT TIME FLIES

21. SELF-PORTRAIT WITH NECKLACE

22. SELF-PORTRAIT WITH THORN
NECKLACE AND HUMMINGBIRD

23. SELF-PORTRAIT VERY UGLY

24. SELF-PORTRAIT WITH CURLY HAIR

25. FULANG CHANG AND I

26. SELF-PORTRAIT WITH SMALL MONKEY

27. SELF-PORTRAIT THE FRAME

28. SELF-PORTRAIT WITH A MONKEY

29. SELF-PORTRAIT
DEDICATED TO DR ELOESSER

30. SELF PORTRAIT
DEDICATED TO SIGMUND FIRESTONE

31. SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BONITO

32. ME AND MY PARROTS

33. SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BRAID

34. SELF-PORTRAIT WITH LOOSE HAIR

35. THINKING ABOUT DEATH

36. SELF-PORTRAIT WITH CROPPED HAIR