Born July 6, 1907
"I began pondering about the importance of Frida Kahlo and her artwork. Was Kahlo the founder of healing through the arts.I was lost in her paintings and began to study her. I too, believe in the healing power of the arts, and art is about more than just learning a creative skill or technique."
Frida Kahlo to me has been a source of inspiration since I was a child and wanted to become a professional artist. Her heroism, courage and tenacity have always inspired me, not only as an artist but also as a woman.
Hailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo reveals a woman of extreme magnetism and originality, an artist whose sensual vibrancy came straight from her own experiences: her childhood near Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution; a devastating accident at age eighteen that left her crippled and unable to bear children; her tempestuous marriage to muralist Diego Rivera and intermittent love affairs with men as diverse as Isamu Noguchi and Leon Trotsky; her association with the Communist Party; her absorption in Mexican folklore and culture; and her dramatic love of spectacle.
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