
She is also known for painting about her experience of chronic pain.Born to a German father and a mestiza mother, Kahlo spent most of her childhood and adult life at La Casa Azul, her family home in Coyoacán – now publicly accessible as the Frida Kahlo Museum. 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. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy. 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. Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (Spanish pronunciation: 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Her biography has been translated into 150 different languages on wikipedia. With an HPI of 86.54, Frida Kahlo is the most famous Mexican Painter.
