Frida Kahlo was born on 6 July 1907 in Coyoacán. A Mexican painter, Kahlo was born in Coyoacán in Mexico City and as a teenager was badly injured in a bus accident that left her with pain throughout her life. While recovering she began to paint, and she became known for her intense self-portraits, which draw on Mexican folk art and explore identity, the body and suffering. She married the muralist Diego Rivera, with whom she had a turbulent relationship, and she was involved in communist politics. Paintings such as The Two Fridas and The Broken Column are among her best known. She was little known outside Mexico in her lifetime, but she is now an international cultural icon.
Before and after
- 22 May 1907Birth of Laurence Olivier
- 26 May 1907Birth of John Wayne
- 27 May 1907Birth of Rachel Carson
- 20 June 1907Founding of Swiss National Bank
- 6 July 1907Birth of Frida Kahlo
- 7 July 1907Birth of Robert A. Heinlein
- 24 July 1907Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907
- from August 1907 to March 1909British Antarctic Expedition (1907–1909)
- 31 August 1907British-Russian Convention
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