3. •In Coyoacán, Mexico, on July
6,1907 Frida Kahlo was born.
•At the age of 18 Frida was
involved in a bus crash which
caused her to go under 35
medical operations.
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4. •She met, in 1938, André
Breton, a leading
Surrealist, who championed
here work.
•She was influenced by a guy
she met a few years
earlier, Rivera, to keep
painting.
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5. •In the United States
•In Coyoacán, Mexico
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7. Necklace of Thorns
•Necklace of thorns represents here
Christianity
•thorns show here pain in the divorce
with Diego
•dead hummingbird is a sign of luck in
love
•black symbolizes bad luck and death
•.The devil is represented by the monkey
given to her by Diego.
•butterflies represent the resurrection
Bonito
•Black dress represents the mourning of
her fathers death
•Parrot is Bonito who also recently died
•She wears no jewelry or flowers in her
hair as a sign of her sadness and grief
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