Person:Frida Kahlo (1)

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She is identified as Senora Diego Rivera.

Portrait of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1463226/

Br J Gen Pract. 2005 Aug 1; 55(517): 646–647.
PMCID: PMC1463226
Frida Kahlo
Graham Watt

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Frida Kahlo
This year, the US Postal Service is issuing stamps honoring the great Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

Interest in Frida Kahlo's works has kept on growing steadily.

In 1995, her painting "Self-Portrait with Monkey and Parrot" was sold for $3.2 millions.

In 2000, another self-portrait was sold for $5 millions, which is thought to have set two new records: the highest ever paid for a non-European painter as well as the highest for a female painter.

Three of Hope
Frida Kahlo was born in Coyoacan, Mexico, in 1907.

She started painting in 1925, while bedridden following a street accident, the wounds from which would never heal, and would eventually lead to an early death in 1954.

Diego Rivera's flower seller
In 1929, Frida married the Mexican painter Diego Rivera.

Both artists, though schooled in European painting techniques and styles, decided to explore their own Native-american and Spanish roots, creating in fact, one of the most fascinating and original schools of the 20th century.

Diego Rivera was one of the most influential painters of his time, intensely devoted to popular causes. He is best known for her exquisite paintings featuring flower sellers as well as for his huge murals.

Roots
Frida Kahlo selected instead a more restricted range of themes and more modest dimensions for her expression.

In fact, many of Kahlo's paintings are self-portraits. These deeply felt and moving autobiographical pieces, as Rivera said: " had no precedent in the history of art, paintings which exalted the feminine quality of truth, reality, cruelty and suffering. Never before had a woman put such agonized poetry on canvas as Frida did..."

Three of Hope Kahlo and Rivera's relationship had its difficult times, they married twice, and Frida Kahlo had affairs with women.

Three of Hope
Frida Kahlo's rebellious and independent spirit, her extraordinary sensitivity, the depth and originality of her art which was never commercial, her love for Mexico, strong but not chauvinistic, her struggle with the physical disabilities that afflicted her, her conflict with a society that did not encourage women to excel, and her public recognition, despite being the partner of another great painter, are some of the reasons that may help to explain the attraction she has generated.

References:
The best way to get acquainted with the lives and art of Frida Kahlo, and simultaneously with that of Diego Rivera, is of course, to spend several days in Mexico City, visiting the museums and buildings that exhibit their work.

Among books, one of the most interesting is Carr, O'Keeffe, Kahlo : Places of Their Own by Sharyn Rohlfsen Udall, who explores the parallel lives of Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keefe and Emily Carr, the foremost female painters of Mexico, USA and Canada respectively, who coincidently, were also bisexual. Also of interest, Frida : A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera.

A Hollywood rendition of Kahlo's life, featuring Salma Hayek is currently being filmed.

"Kahlo, Frida." North American Women Artists Of The Twentieth Century: A Biographical DictionaryBiography Reference Bank (H.W. Wilson), EBSCOhost (accessed August 2, 2018).

Texas, Passenger Lists, 1893-1963
Name: Frida Kahlo de Rivera
Age on Arrival: 35
Birth Date: abt 1911
Birthplace: Coyeacan, DF, Mexico, Mexico
Gender: Female
Nationality: Mexican
Race: White
Arrival date: 21 May 1946
Port of Arrival: Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Federal District, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1861-1931


Name: Magdalena Frida Cármen Kahlo
[Magdalena Frida Cármen Kahlo Calderon]
Gender: Mujer (Female)
Birth Date: 6 jul. 1907
Birth Registration Place: Coyoacán, Distrito Federal, México (Mexico)
Father: Guillermino Kahlo
Mother: Matilde Calderon
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Federal District, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1861-1931 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Original data: México, Distrito Federal, Registro Civil, Nacimientos, 1861–1934. Digital images. Archivo Estatal de Distrito Federal. Courtesy of the Academia Mexicana de Genealogia y Heraldica.

Frida Kahlo
Birth: 6 Jul 1907 Coyoacan, Coyoacán Borough, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Death: 13 Jul 1954 (aged 47) Coyoacan, Coyoacán Borough, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Burial: Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend, Specifically: Her urn is at her home on Londres St. in Coayocan, Mexico.

Memorial #: 18873
Bio: Artist. She was the founder of the Neomexicanismo movement. Born in Coyoacán, Mexico. A polio survivor, Kahlo entered the premedical program at National Prepatory School, Mexico City, at the age of 15, however, her medical training was halted by a critical bus accident when she was 18. Her convalescence would last a year, and she would face more than 30 surgeries throughout her life, as well as a lifetime of unrelenting pain. However, her convalescence also presented her with the opportunity to begin painting with oils. Kahlo's naive paintings, largely self portraits and still-lifes, were filled with the flattened forms and bright colors that reflected the Mexican folk art that inspired her. In 1929, Kahlo met and married the Mexican muralist, Diego Rivera, 20 years her senior. The couple would divorce once and remarry, and both their unions were tumultous, yet passionate, weathering infidelity, Kahlo's declining health, and the demands of Rivera's career. Traveling from Mexico to the United States and France, Kahlo had her first solo exhibition at the Julian Levy Gallery in New York City in 1938. Her career saw significant success and growth during the 1940-50's. Kahlo died in 1954, from complications related to the injuries she suffered in the accident of her teen years. Her final journal entry read: "I hope the exit is joyful - and I hope never to return - Frida."Her ashes are on display in La Casa Azul ("The Blue House"), her former home in Coyoacán, which is now a museum in her honor. After her death, her reputation as an artist saw unprecedented growth, and "Fridamania" was born. She has been the title subject of several biographies and plays, as well as an acclaimed American motion picture in 2002. Kahlo inspired and influenced many modern artists, some of whom have incorporated her imaginings into their own work, and helping to make Kahlo a cult figure into the new century. On the 100th anniversary of Kahlo's birth, the largest ever exhibit of her paintings was held at the Museum of the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico City, the first comprehensive display in Mexico, and it included works on loan from across the globe, as well as manuscripts and letters that had not been previously displayed. The show broke attendance records at the museum, and moved on to the United States in a traveling exhibition in late 2007.
Family Members
Parents
Wilhelm Karl Kahlo 1871-1941
Matilde Calderon Kahlo 1874-1932
Spouse
Diego Rivera 1886-1957
Siblings
Matilde Kahlo Hernandez 1899-1951
Adriana Valeria Valentina Socorro Kahlo Veraza 1903-1968
Christina Kahlo Pinedo 1908-1964
Half Siblings
Maria Luisa Henrietta Clotilda Kahlo 1894-1989
Asuncion Emma Kahlo 1896-1896
Margarita Kahlo 1897-1988
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Added: 17 Dec 2000
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18873
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 August 2018), memorial page for Frida Kahlo (6 Jul 1907–13 Jul 1954), Find A Grave Memorial no. 18873, ; Maintained by Find A Grave Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend, who reports a Her urn is at her home on Londres St. in Coayocan, Mexico..

California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959
Name: Frieda Kahlo-Calderon
Gender: Female
Birth Date: abt 1909
Age: 31
Arrival date: 4 Sep 1940
Port of Arrival: San Pedro, California
Airline: Douglas Airplane

Border Crossings: From Mexico to U.S., 1895-1964

View Border Crossings: From Mexico to U.S., 1895-1964
Name: Drego Rivera
[Diego Rivera]
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: Mexican (Latino)
Arrival Age: 43
Birth Date: abt 1887
Birth Place: Guanajuato Gto
Arrival date: 8 Nov 1930
Arrival Place: Nogales, Arizona, USA
Accompanied by: Wife Trieda Kahlo
Departure Contact: Sister Maria Rivera
Record has photo?: No
Record Type: Card
Source Citation
The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington D.C.; Index and Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Nogales, Arizona, July 5, 1905 - 1952; NAI: 2843448; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004.; Record Group Number: 85; Microfilm Roll Number: 51

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Border Crossings: From Mexico to U.S., 1895-1964 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006.