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 known for
painting about her experience of chronic pain.