Kahlo, Frida, 1907-1954

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Frida Kahlo (born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón, 6 July 1907, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico – died 13 July 1954, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico), Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy. In addition to belonging to the post-revolutionary Mexicayotl movement, which sought to define a Mexican identity, Kahlo has been described as a surrealist or magical realist.

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referencedIn	Aaron Bohrod papers	Archives of American Art
referencedIn	Albert Kahn papers	Archives of American Art
creatorOf	Albert M. Bender papers	Archives of American Art
referencedIn	Berdecio, Roberto. Roberto Berdecio papers, 1931-1995.	UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn	Bernhard H. Berntsen papers	Archives of American Art
referencedIn	Blanch, Arnold, 1896-1968. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1931.1970.	University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn	Carla Stellweg papers, 1960-2009	Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn	Chester Dale papers	Archives of American Art
referencedIn	Clifford Wight Collection relating to Diego Rivera, 1929-1941	Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn	Durieux, Caroline. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1929-1972, n.d.	University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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referencedIn	Oral history interview with Emmy Lou Packard	Archives of American Art

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associatedWith	Arquin, Florence.
associatedWith	Bender, Albert M. (Albert Maurice), 1866-1941.
associatedWith	Berdecio, Roberto.
associatedWith	Berntsen, Bernhard H. (Bernhard Hilmar), 1900-1992.
associatedWith	Blanch, Arnold, 1896-1968.
associatedWith	Bohrod, Aaron.
associatedWith	Dale, Chester, b. 1883.
associatedWith	Durieux, Caroline.
associatedWith	Florence Arquin
associatedWith	Ford Motor Company. Photographic Dept.