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Frida Kahlo's birth
Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo Calderón, was born in Coyoacán, Mexico City. -
Parents
Third daughter of the marriage formed by Guillermo Kahlo and Matilde Calderón y González. -
Childhood
At the age of six he became ill with poliomyelitis, which affected the use of his right leg. His leg developed very thin and his foot became stuck in growth. -
Youth
She attends the National Preparatory School and is one of the 35 girls to attend the prestigious school. -
Poem "Remember"
His poem "Remember" is published by "The Illustrated Universal". -
Frida and Alejandro Gómez Árias
Become a couple. -
Suffers accident
Frida suffers an accident when a tram crashes into the bus in which she is traveling with Alejandro Gómez Arias. The injuries caused by the accident caused her to suffer more than thirty operations during her life. -
After the accident
*He learned that he could never have children. *Create a birth certificate for an imaginary child who was born after having his accident. *During his months of convalescence from the bus accident, he began to paint. -
First self-portrait
Frida painted "Self-portrait with velvet dress", her first work. -
Communist Party of Mexico
*Join the Communist Party of Mexico (PCM). *Rejoins Diego Rivera and both fall in love. -
Second self-portrait
He painted his second self-portrait "Time flies" in which he established the folk style that became his signature as an artist. -
Frida Kahlo's wedding
He marries Diego Rivera (Mexican muralist). -
Double portrait
He painted "Frida and Diego Rivera", a double portrait based on a wedding photograph. -
First public showing of his work.
The painting "Frida and Diego Rivera" was seen in the "Sixth Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Society of Women Artists". -
Matilde Calderón González
Frida's mother dies at 56 years old. -
More operations
*They operate it three times, including a new abortion and amputation of several fingers of her right foot. *Frida discovers Rivera's romance with Cristina, her younger sister. -
Separation, new relationship and reconciliation
*Separates from Rivera. *Meet the American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, with whom he maintains a relationship. *Reconciles with Rivera. -
Self-Portrait dedicated to Leon Trotsky
Meet Leon Trotsky and his wife Natalia Sedova when they arrive in Mexico in exile. He has an affair with Trotsky. In his honor, he painted "Self-Portrait dedicated to Leon Trotsky". -
First art exhibition
Meet André Breton, French surrealist. His first solo exhibition takes place at the Julian Levy Gallery, New York. -
Divorce of Frida and Diego Rivera
*Exhibits at the Renou & Colle gallery in Paris. Diego asks for a divorce and she grants it to him. *Frida paints "The two Fridas". -
Art exhibition
*"The two Fridas" and "The wound table" were exhibited at the Surreal International Exhibition organized by Breton and Paalen at the Galería de Arte Mexicana. *He exhibited his work in "Contemporary Mexican Painting and Graphic Art" at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in San Francisco, during the Golden Gate International Exhibition. *"The two Fridas" was shown in New York, at the Museum of Modern Art, during the exhibition "Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art. -
New wedding
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera get married again. -
Guillermo Kahlo
His father dies. -
Artistic pride
*It was chosen by the Ministry of Education to found the Mexican Culture Seminar. *Frida's art was included in the exhibition "Modern Mexican Painters" at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. -
National Painting Prize
With his work "Moisés" he obtains the National Painting Prize granted by the Ministry of Culture. -
He is operated six times on the spine
He spends nine months in the hospital and because of this he begins to use a wheelchair. -
Lola Álvarez Bravo
He organized a solo exhibition of Kahlo at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Mexico City. Frida attends with her bed. -
Leg amputation
His right leg is amputated below the knee to stop gangrene. -
Death of Frida Kahlo
He dies in the Blue House. -
Frida Kahlo Museum
The Blue House was opened to the public as the "Frida Kahlo Museum".
