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Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907, in Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico.
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She enrolled at the renowned National Preparatory School.
She was one of the few female students to attend the school. -
Kahlo and Alejandro Gómez Arias were travelling together on a bus when the vehicle collided with a streetcar.
Khalo suffered several serious injures. -
Kahlo and famed Mexican muralist Diego Rivera married.
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She had a major exhibition and at New York City gallery, selling about half of the 25 paintings shown there.
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Kahlo received her first solo exhibition in Mexico.
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Kahlo died in 1954. After Kahlo's death, the feminist movement of the 1970s led to renewed interest in her life and work, as Kahlo was viewed by many as an icon of female creativity.
