Many of you have heard of Frido Kahlo. If you haven't, here is a basic summary of who she is. Frida Kahlo is a Mexican artist that was around during the World Wars. She had a very hard life as a kid because she suffered from polio and it left her leg very frail. Her disease and her pain affected her paintings. She also had a very serious accident and during her life had to have 30 surgeries. She knew her husband before this, but she didn't start painting until after her accident. She was riding a bus and she was badly injured. Some of her limbs were permanently damaged. After her accident she started doing different paintings and a few years later, she met up with Diego Rivera--another painter--who she ended up marrying. He painted murals.
They had a very hard relationship. They broke up a few times, but they got back together. She also wasn't able to have children, mostly because of all the injuries she sustained during her life. Most of her paintings were self-portraits and things that she went through in her life. One example is a painting called "Self-Portrait with Monkeys." 
My personal opinion of Frida Kahlo's paintings is that I'm not a huge fan of her paintings, but I want to see if you have any opinions that might help me make a better judgement of her work. Please let me know.
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I just came back from the opening day exhibit of Frida's work in San Francisco. I literally flew there for the afternoon. I am a huge fan. It sounds cliche to say that you can't appreciate her work until you see it in person, but it is so true. The colors are more vibrant, the detail much more fine. You just can't appreciate it truly. The fact that she could paint in such fine detail considering that she was in constant pain amazes me. They say she would have been a surgeon if she hadn't been in the accident, and she would have been a darn good one, she had the hands for it. She also helped her father retouch photographs, which must have been a huge help in her details.
Best wishes in your quest to understand and appreciate, I hope this helped.
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