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Birth
Born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderón on July 6, 1907, in Coyoacán, Mexico. Her father, Wilhelm Kahlo—who changed his name to Guillermo Kahlo—was a German Jewish photographer; her mother, Matilde Calderon, a Catholic mestiza, or woman of mixed European and Indian ancestry. Souter, Gerry. Frida Kahlo, Parkstone International, 2011. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/detail.action?docID=791236. -
Pollio
At the age of six Kahlo contracts pollio which leaves her with a slightly crooked right foot. She attends the Colegio Aleman elementary school in Mexico City. nicked name by her class makes as“pata de palo” or “peg leg”. "https://www.frida-kahlo-foundation.org/biography.html" -
School
Frida entered Colegio in 1922. The National Preparatory School in Mexico City.Frida is one of only 35 girls to attend the prestigious school with hopes of becoming a doctorShe hung out with a group of politically and intellectually like-minded students. https://www.biography.com/artist/frida-kahlo -
Accident
Frida and Alejandro Gomez Arias were traveling home from college when the bus they were on collided with a streetcar and Frida Kahlo was seriously injured. A steel handrail impaled her through the hip. Her spine and pelvis are fractured and this accident left her in a great deal of pain, both physically and physiologically. https://www.fridakahlo.org/self-portrait-in-a-velvet-dress.jsp to add a link. -
First Self-Portrait
This painting, Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress, is one of Firda Kahlo's early portraits. This portrait implied the emotional tension as well as showing with her other paintings. "https://artschaft.wordpress.com/2018/03/29/frida-kahlo-self-portrait-in-a-velvet-dress-1926/" -
Frida & Diego
Frida and Diego meet when she was a student at National Preparatory School where Diego Rivera was commissioned to paint a mural at the school. Diego was 42 years old, 6' 1" tall and 300 pounds; Frida was 22, 5'3" and just 98 pounds. Frida's mother did not approve of the union and did not attend the wedding ceremony. Lindauer, M., & Kahlo, F. (1999). Devouring Frida: The art history and popular celebrity of Frida Kahlo. Hanover: University Press of New England. -
The Flying Bed
The painting of the Flying Bed is a depiction of Frida Kahlo at the Henry Ford Hospital. Frida suffered several miscarriages throughout her life. "https://scienceillustrated.com.au/blog/science/news/understanding-frida-kahlos-fertility-problems/" -
Frida Kahlo's First Exhibit in Mexico
Four of Frida's paintings are included in a group exhibition at the Galeria de Arte at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. The first public showing of Frida's work in Mexico. "Friedman, C. (n.d.). Frida Kahlo's First Exhibit in Mexico. Retrieved from https://worldhistoryproject.org/1937/9/23/frida-kahlos-first-exhibit-in-mexico' -
Divorce
After many complications and infidelity on both parts Frida and Diegos divorce was finalized. The painting Las dos Fridas was a representation of the two Fridas . Two Fridas sitting side-by-side and hand-in-hand….one is the Frida that Diego rejected and the other the Frida that he loved. "http://www.fridakahlofans.com/biocomplete.html" -
Remarried
One December 12,1940 Frida and Diego remarried in San Fransisco. Unlike the first marriage this ones terms were different it was non sexual non monogamous relationship. Ankori, Gannit. Frida Kahlo, Reaktion Books, Limited, 2013. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/detail.action?docID=1707063. -
Death
At the age of 47 Frida died of anon traumatic pulmonary embolism and phlebitis of the interior right membrane. Though it's speculated that she had taken an overdose of painkillers to end her suffering. Ankori, Gannit. Frida Kahlo, Reaktion Books, Limited, 2013. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/detail.action?docID=1707063.
