Frida Kahlo

Fun Facts about Frida:

• She became a painter after a near fatal bus crash. Encouraged by her father, her year-long recovery led to painting.

• She married to painter Diego Rivera.

• 55 of her 143 paintings are self-portraits. She had so much time to herself that she became her own muse.

• In 1939, when the Louvre acquired her painting The Frame, Kahlo became the first 20th-Century Mexican artist to have her work in a major international collection.