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July 6, 1907 Frida Kahlo is born in the Blue House in Coyocan Mexico.
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Frida becomes afflicted with Polio. She has damage to her leg, resulting in one leg being larger than the other.
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Frida is involved in a horrible train accident. Frida remained bed ridden for months as a result of her injuries, which also barred her from having any children due to a perforated abdomen and uterus.
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Bed ridden for months, Frida turns to making art and takes up painting. Most of her early work is self portraiture, often to display her anguish and sadness regarding the accident. "I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best."
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Frida meets Diego Rivera in 1927 at the Public Ministry of Education. She brought along a few of her paintings for a critique from Diego. After this, they begin a frienship, and Diego takes her on as a sort of protege.
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Frida and Diego take in communist Leon Trotsky in 1937. Trotsky and Kahlo are said to have had an affair. Trotsky is assasinated in 1940. Frida on Film
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Frida's first solo show.
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First international show in Paris. The Lourve purchases one of her paintings. Frida is experiencing a piqued interest in her work.
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Frida and Diego Rivera divorce after a tumultuous few years.
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Frida and Diego get remarried after being divorced over only one year.
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New interest in Mexican art. Frida gains the recognition that eluded her in life.
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MOMA LectureSegment from the MOMA about Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.
