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Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderon is born in Coyoacan, Mexico.
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Frida is badly injured by a streetcar and begins painting during her recovery.
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Frida marries Diego Rivera, 20 years her senior.
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Painting portrays Frida's longing for home and all that displeases her about America.
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After he had an affair with her sister, Cristina, Frida and Diego separate, reconcile, divorce and later remarry.
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The Louvre purchases Frida's self portrait "The Frame."
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Frida begins teaching at the Ministry of Public Education's School of Painting and Sculpture, LaEsmeralda.
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Frida writes the "Essay of Diego" and paints "Diego and I"
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Frida is hospitalized in April and May and after contracting pneumonia, she passes away on July 13, 1954.
