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Frida Kahlo first met Diego Rivera when she was an art student hoping to get advice on her career from the famous Mexican muralist. Although Rivera was married, a courtship ensued. They wed in 1929 (he was 42, she was 22) much to the disapproval of Frida's parents, who referred to the couple as "the elephant and the dove." With volatile tempers and countless infidelities, the marriage was notoriously tumultuous. The couple divorced in 1939 only to remarry a year later, though the second marriage was just as turbulent as the first. Both have long been recognized as important painters who achieved great international popularity during their lifetimes.
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Frida Kahlo painted a “Renaissance” style portrait of her younger sister Cristina in 1928.
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Kahlo used surrealism, realism, and traditional Mexican elements in her paintings.
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While enrolled in a premedical program at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria in Mexico City, Frida met her future husband, famed mural painter Diego Rivera.
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Frida traveled with her husband, artist Diego Rivera, when he went to New York to meet with Anson Conger Goodyear, the President of the Museum of Modern Art, to begin work on a series of murals.
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At a dinner of the Menorah Artists and Writers’ Committee in New York attended by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Rivera expressed outrage at being barred from completing a mural at Rockefeller Center because he included the image of communist leader Lenin in the painting.
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Her bold artwork and strong political views made Frida a symbol of feminism.
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Frida Kahlo greets Leon Trotsky and his wife Ruth and provides safe harbor for the exiled communist leader at her "blue house" in Mexico.
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Many of Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits are expressions of the duality she felt at having both European and Mexican heritage, as shown in this 1939 painting entitled "The Two Fridas".
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Although Kahlo tried several times to have a child, complications from a bus accident when she was 18 made it impossible for her to carry a pregnancy to term.
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The traditional Mexican style of hair and dress of braids and long peasant skirts was Frida Kahlo's signature look.
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Frida Kahlo and Hungarian-born photographer Nickolas Muray had an affair during the 1930's His 1938 portrait of Kahlo became one of his most famous works.
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Frida Kahlo often included monkeys in her paintings, as in this 1938 self-portrait, portraying them as friendly protective pets rather than symbols of lust as believed in Mexican folklore.
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Frida was a sexually liberated woman who engaged in love affairs with women, even during her marriage to artist Diego Rivera.
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Hundreds of people paid their last respects to Frida Kahlo in 1954 as her body lay in state at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City with a communist flag draped over it.
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In 2002 Frida, a biographical film, was released. Salma Hayek played the role of Frida Kahlo.
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Frida Kahlo’s fame has increased immensely since her death as her image, art and life are celebrated in books, movies, and even look-alike contests.
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