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  • if I ask you which artist wasn't afraid of tackling social issues, sexual identity,

  • political activism, and nonconformity you would probably think I

  • was talking about a current artist right?

  • Well, you would be wrong!

  • I'm talking about the one and only Frida Kahlo.

  • Don't believe me, I bet I can change your mind!

  • Watch this!

  • This episode is funded by the Glick Fund

  • and the Christel DeHaan Family Foundation

  • Frida Kahlo was born in Coyoacan, Mexico in 1907 in La Casa Azul a tiny blue

  • house where she lived most of her life.

  • By the time Frida hit age six she

  • contracted polio which, caused her to be bedridden for over nine months!

  • But, that didn't stop her! In school Frida was known to be very

  • outspoken and brave.

  • Her dad was by far her biggest champion

  • and encouraged her to play soccer, swim, and even wrestle!

  • Of course, at the time

  • girls were not known to play sports, let alone wrestled

  • It was about this time

  • that she saw this guy, Diego Rivera, painting a mural in their school.

  • Frida who was a bit younger than him, like 20 years younger, told a friend

  • I'm gonna marry him!

  • Life went on, and in 1922 a bus Frida was riding in collided with a

  • streetcar and she was seriously injured.

  • A handrail impaled her hip, and her spine

  • and pelvis were fractured.

  • I can't even imagine the pain she was in.

  • The accident left her in a full body cast for three months.

  • To kill the time her parents

  • bought her paints and built her an easel she could use in bed.

  • In 1928 that same

  • man from years earlier, Diego Rivera, discovers Frida and her paintings and is

  • super impressed.

  • They were married a year later.

  • Their marriage wasn't exactly

  • average, and they were often referred to as the elephant and the dove, which seems pretty accurate.

  • Both had several affairs one of which

  • Diego had with Frida sister, so needless to say it was complicated.

  • Frida often traveled

  • with Diego as he was commissioned for murals throughout the US.

  • Frida was often seen in New York with her signature bright, gold, beautiful

  • clothing, which celebrated her culture.

  • Soon after Diego gets himself into a

  • dispute with the Rockefellers over this mural, and they head back to Mexico.

  • In 1939 Frida heads to Paris where she gets to meet artists such as Joan Miro and

  • Pablo Picasso who loved her work!

  • In fact, the Louvre bought one of Frida Spain

  • teas the first ever from a Mexican artist!

  • Unfortunately, Frida's health continued to deteriorate, a story told through this painting

  • called The Broken Column.

  • Finished in 1944, this gives you not only a

  • glimpse into the health struggles she had, but also the incredible artistic skill

  • she possessed.

  • Frida definitely used art to express all the physical challenges

  • she faced, which was incredibly brave.

  • But, it doesn't stop there. In 1950 she got

  • gangrene in her right foot and was bedridden for nine months, and eventually

  • had to have part of her leg amputated!

  • However, she still kept creating and

  • staying politically active.

  • In fact, in1953 she had a solo exhibit and on the

  • opening day she and her bed delivered to the gallery and had to arrive via ambulance!

  • That is determination!

  • Unfortunately, soon after on July 13 1954

  • Frida passed away just before her 47th birthday.

  • I'm not sure which part of

  • Frida's story is more powerful; her struggle and ability to keep working

  • despite her health, or the work itself?

  • Frida's fame has grown since her death

  • especially in the 70s during the feminist movement as she was admired as

  • an icon a female creativity.

  • Let's face it she makes Wonder Woman look like a joke.

  • By the way, the film Frida that was released in 2002 was incredible you

  • should definitely check it out!

  • Until next time, be Artrageous!

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