Fun Facts about Frida

Kahlo:
How much do you know?

Megan Johnson
5th Period
AP Literature
10/5/12
When Frida Kahlo was born,
what name was she given?

Magdalena. She was born

Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo
Calderon on July 6th 1907.
Frida Kahlo did not originally
intend to become an artist.
As a polio survivor, what
program did she enter at
15?

A premedical program in Mexico

City.
 What tragic accident
occurred when Kahlo was
18, causing her problems
for the rest of her life?
A trolley accident. She ended up
with a broken spinal column, a
broken collarbone, broken ribs, a
broken pelvis, 11 fractures in her
right leg, a dislocated and crushed
right foot, and her shoulder was out
Of all Fridas works, what is
she most famous for?

Self-portraits. She once said, I

paint myself because I am so often
alone and because I am the subject I
know best."
 What art movement was
Kahlo often identified with
by its members?

Surrealism. She never classified

herself with a group and detested
being put in one.
 Diego and Frida were
married in what year?

1929. Diego married Frida on August

21, 1929. He wasnt faithful in their
marriage, cheating on Frida with
 Frida and Diegos
marriage was often
compared to what?
A union between a dove and an
elephant. This was because Diego was
very huge and fat and Frida was very
small (a little over five feet) and slender.
 In 1928, Frida painted a
portrait of a woman who went
on to have an affair with her
husband, Diego. Who was the
woman?

Her sister Cristina. Cristina

modeled for Diego and this contact
developed into an affair in 1934.
 Frida Kahlo was Diego
Riveras _________ wife?

Third. They divorced but remarried

in 1940. Their second marriage was
just as turbulent as their first.
 What famous female
artist did Kahlo have
an affair with?
Georgia O'Keeffe. It was no secret
that Frida was bi-sexual. She kept
lesbian friends and lovers just as
often as she kept male friends and
lovers. She also had an affair with
the wife of one of the surrealists.
 What was the date of
Frida Kahlos death?

July 13, 1954. She died at the age

of 47 and there is still speculation
about whether or not she committed
What are the famous words
Frida wrote in her diary the
night before she died?
(English translation)

I hope the exit is joyful and I hope

never to return.
 Lyrics to Cielito Lindo
Through dark tresses,
heavenly one,
a pair of deep brown eyes
lower as they approach,
a stolen glance.
Refrain:
Ay, ay, ay, ay,
sing and don't cry,
heavenly one, for singing
gladdens hearts.
A bird that abandons
his first nest, heavenly one,
then finds it occupied by
another,
deserves to lose it.
(Refrain)
That beauty mark you have
next to your mouth, heavenly
one,
(Refrain)
If your little mouth, my dark
girl,
were made of sugar,
I would spend my time
enjoying its sweetness.
(Refrain)
From your house to mine
there is no more than a step.
Before your mother comes,
heavenly one, give me a hug.
(Refrain)
Cupid shot off an arrow,
heavenly one,
And though he was playing,
I was wounded.
(Refrain)