Frida Kahlo

art · Mexico · painting

Self-portrait star. Frida painted many portraits of herself, often filling them with bright colors and pieces of Mexican culture and nature.

Proudly Mexican. She loved her country's folk art and traditions, and used a colorful, simple style to celebrate Mexican identity.

Dreams and reality. Her paintings often mixed real life with fantasy, which is why people call her a surrealist or magical realist.

Record breaker. Her 1940 self-portrait 'The Dream' sold for $54.7 million, the most ever paid for a painting by a female artist.

Painting through pain. Frida lived with chronic pain, and she bravely turned those tough feelings into powerful art.