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Wilhelm Kahl, Frida's father, moves to Mexico from Germany.
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Frida Kahlo is born in Coyoacán, Mexico.
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Frida is struck with Polio
At age 6, Frida is struck with polio affecting the use of her right leg. Her leg grew very thin, and her foot was stunted in its growth. -
Frida starts helping at her father's photography studio
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Frida gets in a near fatal bus accident
Frida and her boyfriend, Alejandro Gomez Arias, get onto a bus to head home from school. Shortly afterwards, the bus is stuck broadside by a tram. Frida sustains multiple injuries, a broken pelvic bone, spinal column, and other severe injuries, leading doctors to doubt whether she would survive. She spends the next several months in bed recovering from the accident. -
"Self portrait in a Velvet Dress"
During her months of convalescence from the bus accident she begins to take painting seriously. She experiments first with watercolors and then oil.In September Frida paints "Self-Portrait in a Velvet Dress", her first serious work and the first of many self-portraits to come. -
Diego Rivera puts Kahlo in his Mural
Diego incorporates a portrait of Frida into his "Ballad of the Revolution" mural in the Ministry of Public Education. She appears in a panel he calls "Frida Kahlo Distributes the Arms". Dressed in a black skirt and red shirt, and wearing a red star on her breast, she is shown as a member of the Mexican Communist Party, which she in fact joins in 1928. -
"Time Flies"
Kahlo creates her second self portrait. -
Kahlo marries Diego Rivera
Kahlo becomes Rivera's third wife. Diego was 42 years old, 6'1" tall, and 300 pounds; Frida was 22, 5'3" tall and only 98 pounds. Frida's mother does not approve of the union saying that Diego is too old and too fat and worse yet he is a Communist and an atheist. Frida's father is less resistant to the marriage. He understands that Diego has the financial means to provide for his daughter's medical needs. Frida's friends are shocked -
"Frida and Diego Rivera"
While Diego paints his murals, Frida paints "Frieda and Diego Rivera", a double portrait based on a wedding photograph. -
"Moses"
After reading Freud's "Moses and Monotheism", Frida paints "Moses", her interpretation of Freud's book. -
"La Rosita"
June 19th, Frida and her students complete a decorative mural on the pulqueria "La Rosita" near the Blue House in Coyoacán. -
"Self-Portrait as a Tehuana"
(Diego in my Thoughts) -
Frida Kahlo
On July 13th, seriously ill with pneumonia, Frida dies in the Blue House. Cause of death is officially reported as "pulmonary embolism". Suicide is suspected but never confirmed
