Frida Kahlo


Frida Kahlo Portrait
Name
Frida Kahlo
Life Dates
1907 - 1954
Country
Mexico

Frida Kahlo Biography

Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907, the third of four daughters of Wilhelm Kahlo, a German Jew of Hungarian descent, and Matilde Calderon de Kahlo, a mestizo Mexican. The family lived in a house that the parents had built themselves in 1904, in Coyoacan, a suburb of Mexico City. Frida’s maternal grandfather had been a photographer and had taught her father the craft. Wilhelm, who changed his name to Guillermo when he became a Mexican citizen, set himself up in business and rose to relative prosperity, receiving commissions from the Mexican government. However, the Mexican Revolution, which started in 1910 and would continue for several decades, brought an end to this work, and as a result, Kahlo’s childhood was spent in relative poverty, forcing her to start working at an early age.


Frida Kahlo 73 Most Important Paintings and Artworks

  • Frida Kahlo. Self-Portrait.
    Self-Portrait.

    1926. Oil on canvas. 79 x 58 cm Private collection.

  • Frida Kahlo. Self-Portrait.
    Self-Portrait.

    1929. Oil on masonite. 79.4 x 70 cm Private collection.

  • Frida Kahlo. Portrait of Virginia (Nina).
    Portrait Of Virginia (Nina).

    1929. Oil on Masonite. 83.8 x 68 cm. Dolores Olmedo Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico.

  • Frida Kahlo. Two Women.
    Two Women.

    1929. Oil on canvas. 69.3 x 53.3. Private collection.

  • Frida Kahlo. The Bus.
    The Bus.

    1929. Oil on canvas. 26 x 56 cm. Dolores Olmedo Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico.

  • Frida Kahlo. Portrait of Lupe Marin.
    Portrait Of Lupe Marin.

    c.1930. Oil on canvas. Private collection.

  • Frida Kahlo. Self-Portrait.
    Self-Portrait.

    1930. Oil on canvas. 66 x 56 cm. Private collection.

  • Frida Kahlo. Frida and Diego Rivera.
    Frida And Diego Rivera.

    1931. Oil on canvas. 99 x 78.7 cm. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA.

  • Frida Kahlo. Portrait of Eva Frederick.
    Portrait Of Eva Frederick.

    1931. Oil on canvas. 62.9 x 47 cm. Dolores Olmedo Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico.

  • Frida Kahlo. Luther Burbank.
    Luther Burbank.

    1931. Oil on Masonite. 88 x 62 cm. Dolores Olmedo Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico.

  • Frida Kahlo. Henry Ford Hospital.
    Henry Ford Hospital.

    1932. Oil on metal. 31.1 x 39.3 cm. Dolores Olmedo Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico.

  • Frida Kahlo. My Birth.
    My Birth.

    1932. Oil on metal. 31 x 35 cm. Private collection.

  • Frida Kahlo. Self-Portrait on the Border Line Between Mexico and the United States.
    Self-Portrait On The Border Line Between Mexico And The United States.

    1932. Oil on metal 31.7 x 35 cm. Private collection.

  • Frida Kahlo. My Dress Hangs There.
    My Dress Hangs There.

    1933. Oil and collage on Masonite. 45.8 x 50.2 cm. Private collection.

  • Frida Kahlo. Self-Portrait.
    Self-Portrait.

    1933. Oil on metal. 34.3 x 29.2 cm. Private collection.

  • Frida Kahlo. A Few Small Nips.
    A Few Small Nips.

    1935. Oil on metal. 38 x 48.2 cm. Dolores Olmedo Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico.

  • Frida Kahlo. My Grandparents, My Parents, and I.
    My Grandparents, My Parents, And I.

    1936. Oil and tempera on metal panel. 30.5 x 35 cm. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA.

  • Frida Kahlo. My Nurse and I.
    My Nurse And I.

    1937. Oil on metal. 29.8 x 34.9 cm. Dolores Olmedo Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico.

  • Frida Kahlo. Self-Portrait (Dedicated to Leon Trotsky).
    Self-Portrait (Dedicated To Leon Trotsky).

    1937. Oil on masonite. 76.2 x 61 cm. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., USA.

  • Frida Kahlo. Me and My Doll.
    Me And My Doll.

    1937. Oil on metal. 40 x 32 cm. Private collection.

Frida Kahlo Bibliography

The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait by Frida Kahlo. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2005.

Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera. Harper Perennial, 2002.

Frida Kahlo: The Paintings by Hayden Herrera. Harper Perennial, 2002.

I Will Never Forget You...: Frida Kahlo to Nickolas Muray by Salomon Grimberg. Schirmer/Mosel, 2005.

Frida Kahlo: The Painter And Her Work by Helga Prignitz-Poda, Frida Kahlo. Schirmer/Mosel, 2004.

Frida Kahlo 1907-1954: Pain and Passion by Andrea Kettenmann. Taschen, 2000. Biography by Yuri Mataev

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