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Birth
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon is born in Coyoacan, Mexico to Guillermo Kahlo, of German descent, and Matilde Calderon y Gonzalez, of indigenous Mexican and Spanish descent. -
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Frida Kahlo's life
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5th Stage: Identity vs. Identity Confusion
After being forced to leave an abusive German school at age 15, Kahlo enrolls in the National Preparatory School of Mexico. There, she was able to fully explore her Mexican culture and excelled in school. With good grades and a thirst for learning, Kahlo was able to develop a sense of identity by being encouraged to embrace her Mexican culture at her new school.This stage is defined by being empowered to be confident in sense of identity and awareness of self, or else identity confusion results. -
6th Stage: Intimacy vs Isolation
Frida Kahlo marries Diego Rivera in her hometown of Coyoacan, Mexico. Rivera was 42 years old while Kahlo was 22. She always had a strong sense of identity, and she knew at 22 that she wanted to pursue her talents as an artist with Rivera's encouragement, which she trusted because he, too, was an artist. The central crisis of this stage is whether to commit to a partner with healthy intimacy or forgo relationships and choose solitude, and Kahlo chose to commit to Rivera. -
8th Stage: Ego Integrity vs. Despair
Kahlo died young, at 47 years old, facing many serious health complications in her final years. She spent the time being very politically active, having her first solo exhibition, and teaching proteges of hers. In 1954, she famously said, "I joyfully await the exit – and I hope never to return." The 8th stage is represented by her crisis of being proud of her life's work, activism, and the next generation, while in extreme physical pain and despair at her body not cooperating.
