Frida Kahlo

By katgumina

  • Frida was born

    Frida's was born to her parents, Guillermo Kahlo and Matlide Calderon y Gonzalez

  • Frida got Polio

    Frida got polio which caused long term health complications including her right leg being shorter and deformed.

  • Her accident

    Frida was in a horrible bus accident and barely survived. She was traumatized from this.

  • Frida was Married

    Frida Kahlo and Diego Riviera get married

  • Frida Moved to San Francisco

    here she painted and began experimenting with styles and participated in her first art exhibition
  • Period: to

    Frida painted productively

    during this timespan she produced more paintings than throughout the rest of her career previously.

  • Frida's Surgeries

    After a series of surgeries to strengthen her spine, Frida is confined to corsets and begins documenting her struggles in a diary

  • Frida is hospitalized

    After 7 surgeries, Frida is hospitalized for 9 months. She paints when she is able to.

  • Frida's Still Life Paintings

    due to pain from surgeries, she begins focusing more on still life artwork that requires less attention to detail

  • Frida's first solo art show

    Frida had her first solo art exhibition in Mexico. She attended in her hospital bed and was later taken to have her leg amputated.

  • Frida Protests

    Frida and her Husband protested the North American Intervention in Guatemala. She was already sick but this caused her condition to worsen

  • Frida Died