# Frida Kahlo

_Mexican painter (1907–1954)_

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> 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. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy. In addition to belonging to the post-revolutionary Mexicayotl movement, which sought to define a Mexican identity, Kahlo has been described as a surrealist or magical realist. She is also known for painting about her experience of chronic pain. Her 1940 self-portrait titled The Dream  holds the record for the most expensive work by a female artist ever auctioned, at $54.7 million.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 6 July 1907 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5588#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Coyoacán ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5588#P19))
- **Died:** 13 July 1954 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5588#P570))
- **Place of death:** Coyoacán ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5588#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Mexico ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5588#P27))
- **Occupation:** painter ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5588#P106))
- **Political party:** Mexican Communist Party (1927–1951) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5588#P102))
- **Spouse:** Diego Rivera; Diego Rivera ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5588#P26))
- **X (Twitter):** FridaKahlo ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5588#P2002))

## Questions

**When was Frida Kahlo born?**  
Frida Kahlo was born on 6 July 1907 in Coyoacán.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Frida Kahlo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): फ्रिदा कालो](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q5588](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5588) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Frida Kahlo, by Guillermo Kahlo.jpg by Guillermo Kahlo (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frida_Kahlo,_by_Guillermo_Kahlo.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Frida Kahlo, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Frida Kahlo, by Guillermo Kahlo.jpg — Guillermo Kahlo, Public domain.

## Cite this page

"Frida Kahlo". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/frida-kahlo. Retrieved 4 November 2026.