She had a turbulent relationship with her husband,

fellow artist Diego Rivera, who she married twice.

Freda Khalo was well known for her

her many portraits, and self-portraits.

Kahlo's first self-portrait was

Self-Portrait in a Velvet Dress in 1926.

Freda Khalo's first self-portrait was painted

the style of 19th Century Mexican portrait painters.

One of Freda Khalo's famous quotes is

Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?

She is remembered in Mexico for

her Mexican and indigenous culture and by feminism.

She was an unwell person who had

fractured spine, collarbone, ribs, pelvis, broken foot & shoulder.

She began to focus heavily on painting while

recovering in a body cast. In her lifetime, she had 30 operations.

Kahlo did not sell many paintings in her lifetime, although

she painted occasional portraits on commission.

She had only one solo exhibition in Mexico in her lifetime,

in 1953, just a year before her death.

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1
She had a turbulent relationship with her husband,
film star Juan Rivera, who left her for his leading lady.
Pablo Maldonado, who was the Commander of the Mexican Army.
the President of Mexico, Enrique Hernandez.
fellow artist Diego Rivera, who she married twice.
2
Of her 143 paintings,
35 are self-portraits
55 are self-portraits.
102 are self-portraits
75 are self-portraits
3
Freda Khalo was well known for her
her many portraits, and self-portraits.
paintings of animals
landscapes
seascapes
4
Freda Khalo was a
An American painter
a Mexican painter
a Argentinian painter
a Spanish painter
5
Kahlo's first self-portrait was
Self-portrait of her in a wheel chair.
Self- portrait in a pink lace dress her grandmother made for her.
Self-Portrait where she is naked, and laying on a tiger fur rug.
Self-Portrait in a Velvet Dress in 1926.
6
Freda Khalo's first self-portrait was painted
the style of 19th Century Mexican portrait painters.
in a Cubist, Pablo Picasso influenced self-portrait
as an abstract painting.
in a surrealist style.
7
One of Freda Khalo's famous quotes is
Why walk, when I can run?
A picture tells a thousands words.
Laziness never achieved success honestly.
Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?
8
She is remembered in Mexico for
the schools she built for children
her marriage to Enrique Hernandez, the President of Mexico.
the hospitals she built for the poor
her Mexican and indigenous culture and by feminism.
9
She was an unwell person who had
fractured her face and shattered pelvis, and had broken her legs.
fractured spine, collarbone, ribs, pelvis, broken foot & shoulder.
caught cholera, and typhoid, and it affected all of her body.
She was run over by a drunk driver as a child.
10
She began to focus heavily on painting while
when she went to Spain
she was in hopsital
recovering in a body cast. In her lifetime, she had 30 operations.
when she got married
11
Kahlo did not sell many paintings in her lifetime, although
they are all displayed in the Art Gallery in Mexico City.
she gave away much of her paintings.
she painted occasional portraits on commission.
only one survives from her and husband's house fire.
12
She had only one solo exhibition in Mexico in her lifetime,
In 1950, when she married Pablo Hernandez.
in 1953, just a year before her death.
in 1945, at the end of the second World War.
in 1951, a month before she died.

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