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Frida Kahlo was born in Coyoacan,
Mexico, in 1907. Stating
that her and her beloved country were born of revolution, she would
later change her birth date to 1910, to coincide with the beginning of
the Mexican Revolution. During her short life, Frida endured many
physical hardships. Childhood polio would leave her with a
withered leg. A bus
accident at eighteen left Kahlo with terrible and disturbing injuries,
and the inability to bear children. In
addition to her physical injuries, Frida suffered great emotional stress
including a sense of failure at her inability to have children, her husband, Diego
Rivera's, continual affairs, and her oppression as a woman in
highly patriarchal Mexico. Ultimately,
the experience of living with her pain motivated Frida’s striking, and
sometimes disturbing artwork.
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Self Portrait with a
Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird by Frida Kahlo |
