Frida Kahlo- surrealist painter, cross- dresser, enthusiastic drinker and lover, inspiration for one of the greatest painters of the 20th century, Diego Rivera, icon, legend, communist activist and I know the list can go on. It is amazing how someone who only lived 47 years and whose life was a collection of operations and sickness could be such an active person. Yet, she was and was to become one of

Frida Kahlo: The life and work of a primitivist and an early postmodernist in the history of Mexican art and the history of female artists Mexican artist. Primitivist. Consummate iconoclast. Lover of Diego Rivera and also a lesbian lover of women. A woman of a passionate, childish temperament who longed to have her own child but was systematically thwarted in her attempts. All of these descriptions sum up the works, loves,

Frida Kahlo is quoted as saying, "I suffered two grave accidents in my life. One in which a streetcar knocked me down. The other accident is Diego," (cited by Botis 1). The love relationship between Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera is one of the most famous in modern art. Their relationship was tumultuous, which seemed to be a good recipe for creativity and artistic self-expression. "It is a well-known fact

Frida Kahlo William Faulkner Frida Kahlo and William Faulkner were both recognized for the contribution that they brought to their field of work, especially considering that their works are presently appreciated for their quality. Both of them were artists and both of them lived to see some of the most important events of the twentieth century. Their artistic abilities influenced them in adopting unique styles in their line of work

Kevin Cliche Barrie, Ontario, Canada Introduction Self-Portrait with Money by Frida Kahlo was painted in 1938.  The work is an oil on masonite painting and was commissioned by Conger Goodyear, who served as the head of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (PBS, 2005).  Frida painted numerous self-portraits through her career, but this one depicted something unique about the artist:  the monkey perched just behind her shoulder represented a kind

Kahlo was in almost constant pain, due to a childhood bout with polio and a bus accident that nearly killed her as a teenager ("Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo," Eyeconart, 2009). Her marriage to Rivera, which ended in divorce, was also a frequent subject of her raw, unsparing works of art. This is unsurprising given Rivera's volatile personality and frequent infidelities. Kahlo's preferred subject matter was herself: she did not