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FRIDA KAHLO

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  • What was Frida's nationality?
    She was Mexican.
  • 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 Kahlo changed her date of birth on her birth certificate. What did she change it to?
    July 7, 1910
  • What year was the accident, which saw Frida impaled?
    1925
  • How is Frida's family house called?
    La casa azul.
  • What was her mothers name?
    Matilde
  • When did Frida attend the National Preparatory School?
    In 1922
  • When Frida was 18, she was in a serious accident involving what?
    Bus
  • Frida Kahlo was Diego Rivera's _______ wife?
    third
  • What is a common theme that Frida paints in the majority of her paintings?
    pain,suffering and nature
  • 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.
  • When did Frida befriend Andre Breton?
    1938
  • What was the name of Frida Kahlo's husband who is also a great artist?
    Diego Rivera
  • What job did Frida want to do initially?
    Become a doctor
    Become a painter
    become a chef
    become a plumber
  • When did Frida first marry Diego?
    1929
  • Why did she say she was born three years after her real birth date?
    She wanted to identify with the Mexican culture and pride during the Mexican Revolution.
  • Diego and Frida were married in what year?
    In 1929. Diego married Frida on August 21, 1929. 
  • When did Frida;s health begin to worsen?
    After 1950
  • Where was Frida's father from?
    Germany
  • When was Frida Kahlo born?
    She was born in 1907.
  • How is Frida remembered today?
    There is a museum in the house she grew up in
  • When Frida Kahlo was born, what first name was she given?
    Magdalena
  • Who or what is depicted in most of Frida's paintings?
    Frida herself
  • Frida began her career as an artist after what?
    Being involved in an accident
  • When did Frida go to Paris to exhibit her work?
    1939
  • What was unusual about Frida and Diego's marriage?
    They shared separate homes and studios.
  • When did Frida pass away?
    July 13th 1954
  • How old was Frida when she contracted polio?
    6
  • What political party did Frida Kahlo join?
    Mexican communist party
  • What event marked the beginning of the rapid decline of Frida's health?
    Her father's death
  • Where was the first solo exhibition of Frida Kahlo's works held?
    New York
  • 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.
  • How much older than Frida was Diego?
    10 years
    20 years
    5 years
    25 years
  • Where was Frida Kahlo born?
    Coyocan, Mexico
  • What job did her father do?
    photographer
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