Celebrating Frida Kahlo’s Birthday

Celebrating Frida Kahlo’s Birthday

Portrait of Frida Kahlo with oil on wood. By Saed de los Santos under the licence Creative Commons Genérica de Atribución/Compartir-Igual 3.0.

 

A day like today, July 6th, but in 1907 the Mexican painter Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderón was born.

 

Among her best-known works are:

The two Fridas
The Broken Column
Self-portrait
Still Life: Long Live Life
Henry Ford Hospital

 

Over the years, Frida has become an icon of pop culture.