Lebkuchen Schmidt "FRIDA KAHLO" Art Chest 2024

Considered one of Mexico's greatest artists, Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyocoan, Mexico City, Mexico. Her father was a German descendant and photographer. He immigrated to Mexico where he met and married her mother Matilde. In 1922, Kahlo was in an accident and was in a full body cast for 3 months. To kill the time and alleviate the pain, she started painting and finished her first self-portrait the following year. Frida Kahlo once said, "I paint myself because I am often alone and I am the subject I know best."  Frida Kahlo died In 1954, about one week after her 47th birthday.