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Gabriela Estrada Acdv B50. Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo A Biography. By Claudia Schaefer. Frida K. BORN- July 6, 1907 Birth Name- Magdalena Carmen Frieda. Later changed to just Frida. Born in Coyacan Mexico. Daughter to Guillermo Kahlo & Matilde Calderon . She had 3 siblings all girls.
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Gabriela Estrada Acdv B50 FridaKahlo
Frida Kahlo A Biography By Claudia Schaefer
Frida K. • BORN- July 6, 1907 • Birth Name- Magdalena Carmen Frieda. Later changed to just Frida. • Born in Coyacan Mexico. • Daughter to Guillermo Kahlo & Matilde Calderon. • She had 3 siblings all girls
Influences • Guillermo Kahlo(her Father) was Frida’s greatest influence. He was Frida’s best friend. He supported everything she did. He was the only one that did not judge her for wanting to be different. Her mother and sisters were jealous of their relationship. They shared a special bond. When her father passed Frida took it really hard. • Her father had really high expectations for her. He wanted to her to be a doctor. He even sent her to a fancy high school. All that changed when Frida
The home where Frida Kahlo grew up with her family. The famous Blue house where Frida also lived with Diego her husband after her parents passed. Later after Frida and Diego passed the house became a museum, in Fridas honor.
On September 17 of 1925 Frida was involved in a bus crash were she almost lost her life. She was so seriously injured that the paramedics did not think she was going to make. The bus shattered into pieces and a handrail pierced her body going in her stomach and coming out the other side. She had so many broken and fractured bones. She was hospitalized at the red cross hospital for a month then she was send home for the rest of her recovery. She had a full body cast due to all the injuries. It took Frida 2 years to be able to get out of bed. She never fully recovered. She live with pain and difficulties the rest of her life. This is a drawing by Frida. What she Remember s of the crash.
While Frida was in recovery at home. She began to painting. First on her cast then she began painting on canvases . Before she knew it she was painting portraits of her self & loved ones. Art soon became her passion. Art became a form of medicine for her. When Frida recovered she continued her passion for art and became a very famous artist.
Diego Rivera was also a very well known artist. He was a man of many women. He was not a faithful man. • Diego was married 2 before and had children. • August 21 of 1929- Frida married Diego Rivera for the first time • Frida was much younger than Diego. She was 22 and Diego was 43. • 1939- Frida and Diego Divorce. They Remarry again in 1940.
Frida suffered health problems her whole life in the 1950’s her health worsen she was hospitalized for a long time. After so many complications and an amputated foot. Frida past on the 13 of July on 1354 She left her mark on this world and will always be remembered .