Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter
Frida Kahlo 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.
Coded by Ayesha Kataria