frida kahlo

oday is the birth day of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo de Rivera. Google is paying homage to the artist via its Google doodle. She is also known for self-portraits. She once said, “I paint self portraits because I am the person I know best.”

Frida Kahlo de Rivera was born on July 6, 1907. She died on July 13, 1954. She is know “pain and passion” using intense, vibrant colors. Her style “close to folk art” was influenced among others by indigenous cultures of Mexico, European Realism, Symbolism, and Surrealism. Many of her works are self-portraits. Kahlo was married to Mexican muralist and communist Diego Rivera.

She was married to the Mexican painter, Diego Rivera. Their marriage was often tumultuous. Kahlo and Rivera had fiery temperaments and had numerous extramarital affairs.

The openly bisexual Kahlo had affairs with both men and women, including Josephine Baker; Rivera knew of and tolerated her relationships with women, but her relationships with men made him jealous.

For her part, Kahlo was furious when she learned that Rivera had an affair with her younger sister, Cristina. The couple eventually divorced in November 1939, but remarried in December 1940. Their second marriage was as turbulent as the first. Their living quarters often were separate, although sometimes adjacent.