What was Frida's nationality?
She was Mexican.
How is Frida's family house called?
La casa azul.
How old was Frida when she caught polio?
She was 6. This left her with her left leg skinnier than her right leg. It was her first major injury.
Who or what is depicted in most of Frida's paintings?
Frida herself.
When Frida was 18, she was in a serious accident involving what?
A bus and a train.
In what year did she join the Mexican Communist Party and fell in love with Diego Rivera?
In 1928.
When did Diego and Frida get married?
In 1929. Diego married Frida on August 21, 1929. Diego wasn't faithful in their marriage, cheating on Frida with her sister, Cristina Kahlo, as well as man.
Where was the first solo exhibition of Frida Kahlo's works held?
It was in New York, in 1938.
What event marked the beginning of the rapid decline of Frida's health?
Her father's death.
Frida began her career as an artist after something happened to her. What was it?
Being involved in an accident.
Kahlo travelled to Paris in 1939, where she exhibited her works at the Renou and Colle gallery and met which group of painters?
The Surrealists. Kahlo said, "They said I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality."
Frida and Diego's marriage was often called what?
A union between a dove and an elephant. Because Diego was huge and very fat, and Frida was short and slender.
What was the name of Frida Kahlo's husband who is also a great artist?
Diego Rivera.
