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FRİDA KAHLO

QUEEN OF

FLOWERS.

Frida Kahlo, Mexican art-

ist, born on July 6, 1907,
attracts the attention of art

lovers not only with her

paintings but also with her
life story.

Frida Kahlo is life is full of catastro-
phes. The first of these is the polio
she had when she was

just 6 years old. This is the reason
why Frida, whose leg was injured as
a result of the
paralysis due to the disease,
was called "Wooden leg which she put on canvas in 1926.
Frida". Continuing her painting works, being

at the center of her life, Frida married
A month after the terrible accident the painter
she had, the young painter, who Rivera, also known as " “Mexican
came out of the hospital, Michelangelo”, on August 21, 1929.
started painting in order to forget
her troubles and to relieve her pain Frida Kahlo, who was 47 years old
as much as possible. when she died, put in her short life the
Frida, who draws self-portraits look- pain, sadness,
ing at her mirror on the ceiling from love, excitement, and many works.
where she lies, Frida Kahlo is body was cremated and

becomes happy by painting herself. her ashes are kept
Her first self-portrait is “Self-Portrait in her beloved Blue House.
in a Velvet Dress”,
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