Frida Kahlo(1907-1954)

tragedia en su vida

• Polio cuando tenía 7 años

• Accidente del autobús con la tranvía

• Los abortos• Gangrena y

la amputación

• Su pierna nunca recuperó

• Un pedazo de hierro entró su pelvis y espalda. Tuvo 35 operaciones.

“I suffered two grave accidents in my life. one in which a street car knocked me down…the other accident is Diego.”

Cuando se casaron, Frida tenía 22 años y Diego tenía 42 años.

Self-Portrait as a Tehuana (Diego on My Mind)

Henry Ford Hospital

Two Fridas

I paint self-portraits

because I am so often alone,

because I am the person I know best.

– Frida Kahlo

Self Portrait with Monkey

Self Portrait

Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair

"Look, if I loved you it was because of your hair. Now that you are without hair, I don't love you anymore."

Love Embrace of Universe

What Water Gave Me

"I hope the leaving is joyful and I hope never to

return".

¿cómo el arte imita la vida?

Surrealismo o Realismo

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