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When was Frida Kahlo born?
She was born in 1907.
What was Frida's nationality?
She was Mexican.
How is Frida's family house called?
La casa azul.
Frida Kahlo changed her date of birth on her birth certificate. What did she change it to?
July 7, 1910
When Frida Kahlo was born, what first name was she given?
Magdalena
What year was the accident, which saw Frida impaled?
1925
How old was Frida when she contracted polio?
She was 6. This left her with her left leg skinnier than her right leg. It was her first major injury.
Who or what is depicted in most of Frida's paintings?
Frida herself
When Frida was 18, she was in a serious accident involving what?
Bus
Frida Kahlo was Diego Rivera's _______ wife?
third
Diego and Frida were married in what year?
In 1929. Diego married Frida on August 21, 1929.
Where was the first solo exhibition of Frida Kahlo's works held?
New York
What event marked the beginning of the rapid decline of Frida's health?
Her father's death
Frida began her career as an artist after what?
Being involved in an accident
Kahlo travelled to Paris in 1939, where she exhibited her works at the Renou and Colle gallery and met which group of painters?
The Surrealists. Kahlo said, "They said I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality."
Frida and Diego's marriage was often called what?
A union between a dove and an elephant. Because Diego was huge and very fat, and Frida was small (a little over 5 feet) and slender.
