Frida Kahlo Paintings

Frida Kahlo was a mexican painter who has achieved great international popularity. She painted using vibrant colors in a style that was influenced by cultures of Mexico as well as by European influences that include realism, symbolism, and surrealism. Many of her works are self-portraits that symbolically express her own pain and sexuality. Frida was born on july 6 1907 in the house of her parents known as "the blue house , in mexico city, which later became a museum dedicated to her.

She often claimed she was born in 1910 so people would associcate her with the mexican reavolution

Kahlo was in a accident were she sustained serious injuries leaving her bedridden for several months. Her mother bought her a lap easel and while she recovered she began to paint.

Of 143 paintings 55 were self=portriats which portrayed her physical and pyschological wounds.

Frida married mexican painter Deigo Rivera in 1929 and later divorced but remarried him in 1940.

Kahlo's art did not gain recognition till decades after her death.

In 2001 she became the 1st hispanic woman to be honored with a us postage stamp.

In 2002 the american film Frida was released. it grossed 58 million world wide.

In 2006 Kahlo's Painting "ROOTS" set a $5.6 million auction record for a Latin American Artist.

Above and Below are examples of her works.

Some of her works of art can also be viewed upstairs at "The Border" in carrollton.