Today’s Google Doodle is an homage to painter Frida Kahlo, who was born 103 years ago today, on July 6th, 1907.
Kaholo was a Mexican artist who became one of the best known portraitists of the 20th century. “I paint self portraits because I am the person I know best,” Kahlo once said.
Kahlo began painting in 1926, when she was bedridden after a car accident. From 1926 to 1954, Kahlo painted over 200 works. Many of her paintings hang in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, but they have been showcased all over the world.
The Guardian reports that Kahlo’s popularity soared in the 1980′s and 90′s, when her paintings were collected by celebrities like Madonna. Frida Kahlo became an iconic female artists.
Kahlo married Mexican muralist Diego Rivera in 1929. She died on July 13, 1954.
Here is a gallery of some of Frida Kahlo’s paintings.
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