por T. A. C.

Fascinating Woman

Artist

Actress

Activist

Great Beauty

Great Mystery

Most spectacular person in Mexico City

1896 - 1942

Italian

Left for San Francisco 1913

Hollywood

Disdain for Hollywood

Moves to Mexico with photographer husband, Weston

Weston teaches her photography

Mexico homes are gathering places

Diego and Frida courtship

Affair with Diego

Known work done in Mexico 1923 - 1930

1929 Framed

Murder of Cuban lover

Gunned down on street

Scapegoat for Government Repression

Slandered in public trial

Acquitted

Expelled 1930

Goes to Berlin & Soviet Union

Returns to Mexico 1939

Dies 3 years later

Lonely & Controversial

Heart Failure or ???

Epitath by Pablo Neruda

Pure your gentle name, pure your fragile life,

bees, shadows, fire, snow, silence and foam,

combined with steel and wire and

pollen to make up your firm

and delicate being.

Found in Rivera Murals

“The Abundant Earth”

“In the Arsenal”

Filmography

“The Tiger’s Coat” 1920

“Riding with Death” 1921

“I Can Explain” 1922

Research It!

El Fin

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