Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is one of the most famous artists of the 20th Century. She also had a crazy and somwhat tragic life, all stemming from an accident when she was a teenager. As well as creating masterpieces, Kahlo married the most well known Mexican artist of her day, Diego Rivera... both of whom had had dozens of affairs. She always spoke her mind and is now an icon for the LGBTI community, feminists and people living with disabilities.
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Show references and further reading on Frida Kahlo:
https://www.biography.com/people/diego-rivera-9459446
https://www.diegorivera.org/creation.jsp
https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/05/22/diego-rivera-frida-kahlo-meeting/
https://www.frida-kahlo-foundation.org/biography.html
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frida-Kahlo
http://www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/life/
https://www.biography.com/people/frida-kahlo-9359496
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/1995/09/frida-kahlo-diego-rivera-art-diary
https://www.fridakahlo.org/frida-kahlo-biography.jsp
http://www.lesbiannews.com/a-bisexual-affair-frida-kahlo-and-josephine-baker/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/aug/12/artnews.art
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/diego-rivera-about-the-artist/64/
https://www.fridakahlo.org/self-portrait-the-frame.jsp
Diego Rivera, Jimmy Souter, Published October 1st 2009 by Parkstone Press USA, Limited
My Art, My Life: An Autobiography, Diego Rivera and Gladys March, Citadel Press 1960
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