Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907. This Mexico's women was famous for her amazing paintings filled of pain and passion. In Kahlo's paintings you can find Mexico and European culture.
As a young woman, she was in a terrible trolley accident. Her spinal column was broken, her left leg smashed, and her right foot crushed. An iron handrail pierced her pelvis, perhaps leading to her inability later in life to carry a child.
After the accident, Kahlo was bedridden for months and began to paint the plaster corsets which held her in place. A special easel was created so she could paint lying down, and her mother placed a mirror on the ceiling over her bed.
In 1953, her leg was amputated, a result of gangrene that the researchers believe she contracted during an unnecessary surgery.
"They amputated my leg six months ago, they have given me centuries of torture and at moments I almost lost my reason. I keep on waiting to kill myself," she wrote in her diary.
In conclusion, despite this terrible accident, this women never gave up and she continued to live. Frida Kahlo proved how great she was in painting, even after her death we still remember her paintings.
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