Frida Kahlo
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 69 years ago |
| Date of birth | July 6,1907 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Coyoacan |
| Mexico City | |
| Mexico | |
| Date of died | July 13,1954 |
| Died | Coyoacan |
| Mexico City | |
| Mexico | |
| On view | Museo Dolores Olmedo |
| The Museum of Modern Art | |
| Frida Kahlo Museum | |
| Detroit Institute of Arts | |
| Periods | Naïve art |
| Modern art | |
| Surrealism | |
| Magical Realism | |
| Symbolism | |
| Naturalism | |
| Primitivism | |
| Social realism | |
| Cubism | |
| Siblings | Maria Luisa Kahlo Cardena |
| Cristina Kahlo | |
| Margarita Kahlo Cardena | |
| Spouse | Diego Rivera |
| Height | 160 (cm) |
| Period by artworks | Naïve art |
| Modern art | |
| Surrealism | |
| Magical Realism | |
| Symbolism | |
| Primitivism | |
| Naturalism | |
| Social realism | |
| Cubism | |
| Parents | Guillermo Kahlo |
| Matilde Calderón y González | |
| Works | The Two Fridas |
| The Broken Column | |
| Without Hope | |
| Frieda and Diego Rivera | |
| Diego and I | |
| Henry Ford Hospital | |
| Full name | Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 414163 |
Frida Kahlo Life story
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico.
Frida Kahlo art fetches record $34. 9m at auction
A painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has sold at Sotheby's Auction House in New York for a record $34. 9m (£25m).
It is the highest price paid at auction for a Latin American artwork.
The record had previously been set by a work by Diego Rivera , with whom Kahlo had. His piece sold for $9. 76m in 2018.
Kahlo's painting " Diego y Yo" was was one of her final self-portraits.
The Work depicts a tearful Kahlo with Her Husband Rivera painted above Her Eyes .
It was described by Sotheby's at the auction on Tuesday as " one of The Most important works by Kahlo ever to come to auction".
The buyer has been identified as Eduardo F. Cosantini, who founded a museum in Argentina,
The Painting was last auctioned in 1990 for $1. 4 million.
Kahlo, widely regarded As One of The Greatest painters of the 20Th Century , was famed for her intimate self-portraits reflecting pain and isolation.
She lived from 1907 to 1954 and proudly promoted indigenous Mexican culture through her art.
Her work also chronicled her painful relationship with her body, disabled through childhood polio and severe injuries following a bus Accident .
Source of news: bbc.com
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