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Frida Kahlo
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Frida Kahlo

painter, artist, visual artist

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1907  – 1954

Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy. In addition to belonging to the post-revolutionary Mexicayotl movement, which sought to define a Mexican identity, Kahlo has been described as a surrealist or magical realist. She is also known for painting about her experience of chronic pain. Her 1940 self-portrait titled The Dream holds the record for the most expensive work by a female artist ever auctioned at $54.7 million.

All Quotes by Frida Kahlo

“I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.”
— Frida Kahlo
“What I wanted to express very clearly and intensely was that the reason these people had to invent or imagine heroes and gods is pure fear. Fear of life and fear of death.”
— Frida Kahlo
“They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.”
— Frida Kahlo
“I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.”
— Frida Kahlo
“There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst.”
— Frida Kahlo
“I don't paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.”
— Frida Kahlo
“I am my own muse, the subject I know best.”
— Frida Kahlo
“I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.”
— Frida Kahlo
“Feet, what do I need them for”
— Frida Kahlo
“I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.”
— Frida Kahlo
“I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.”
— Frida Kahlo