Frida Kahlo
I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.
― Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo’s first Self-Portrait in a velvet dress in 1926.
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo became one of the most important Mexican painters of the 20th century. The complexities of her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico cannot be fully understood or appreciated without insight into her person and the world she was part of.
I paint my own reality, The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.
-Frida Kahlo
Photo of Frida painting ' What the Water Gave Me ' in 1938.
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) remains one of the most popular and recognizable artists in the world for more than six decades after her death.
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