1. Mexican Surrealist Painter
Frida Kahlo
Mexican Surrealist Painter

2. Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954) Considered one of Mexico’s greatest artists
Famous for self-portraits and depicting pain and emotion in a surrealistic manner
She did not consider herself a surrealist, even though she was influenced by the movement and had friends who were part of it
Survived polio as a child, and had a limp from the disease
Severely injured in a bus accident as a young woman
Many of her self-portraits show the physical pain she endured for the rest of her life
Married famous Mexican muralist, Diego Rivera
They divorced for about a year, then remarried in 1940

3. The Two Fridas One of her most famous works
Symbolizes her emotional pain during her divorce from Rivera
It is the Kahlo in traditional Mexican dress (right) that holds a locket with an image of Rivera.

4. Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
Dos Fridas VR Painting
Casa Azul - a tour of Frida Kahlo’s blue house.