Happy Birthday, Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Park West Gallery

TITLE: “The Two Fridas”

ARTIST: Frida Kahlo

DATE: 1939

WHY WE CHOSE IT: Mexican painter and feminist icon Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 - July 13, 1954) was born on this day, 105 years ago. Kahlo, the wife of famed Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, once said: “I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.”

SOURCE: Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City

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