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Frida Kahlo

By vabens10

  • Birth

    Birth
    Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderon is born in Coyoacan, Mexico.

  • Early Painting

    Early Painting
    Frida is badly injured by a streetcar and begins painting during her recovery.

  • Diego Rivera

    Diego Rivera
    Frida marries Diego Rivera, 20 years her senior.

  • My Dress Hangs There

    My Dress Hangs There
    Painting portrays Frida's longing for home and all that displeases her about America.

  • Trouble in Paradise

    Trouble in Paradise
    After he had an affair with her sister, Cristina, Frida and Diego separate, reconcile, divorce and later remarry.

  • Self Portrait

    Self Portrait
    The Louvre purchases Frida's self portrait "The Frame."

  • Teaching Career

    Teaching Career
    Frida begins teaching at the Ministry of Public Education's School of Painting and Sculpture, LaEsmeralda.

  • Portrait of Diego

    Portrait of Diego
    Frida writes the "Essay of Diego" and paints "Diego and I"

  • Death

    Death
    Frida is hospitalized in April and May and after contracting pneumonia, she passes away on July 13, 1954.