Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress 1926 This is Frida’s first self-portrait. It was painted as a gift for her student boyfriend, Alejandro Gomez Arias, who

A Few Small Nips 1935 Broken-hearted over her husband’s affair with her younger sister Cristina, Frida recreated her sorrow and anger in this painting. Her

Frieda and Diego Rivera 1931 This folkloric style double-portrait may have been based on their wedding photograph. It was completed about two years after their

Frida Kahlo nació Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón en Coyoacán, México, el 6 de Julio de 1907. Frida era una de las cuatro hijas

As a young woman, becoming a painter was not a part of Frida’s career goals. Her goal in life was to become a doctor but

Viva la Vida, Watermelons 1954 Oil on masonite, 59.53 x 50.8 cm Museo Frida KahloMexico City, Mexico In the last years of her life, Frida

The Broken Column 1944 This self-portrait is in sharp contrast to Frida’s other self-portraits in that she is all alone… no monkeys, no cats, no

“The only thing I know…” Frida Kahlo once said “… is that I paint becauseI need to.” “I paint my own reality…I paint what ever passes through

The Two Fridas 1939 Shortly after her divorce from Diego Rivera, Frida completed this self-portrait of two different personalities. Frida’s diary says this painting had

Henry Ford Hospital 1932 On July 4th, 1932, Frida suffered a miscarriage in the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. In this disturbing work, Kahlo paints

1891 On May 12th, 1891, at age 19, Wilhelm Kahl, Frida’s father, a Jew of Hungarian-German origin, sails from Germany to Mexico aboard the freighter