“I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint”” Frida Kahlo. 6th July marks the 110th anniversary of the birthday of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. She was an artist who explored the female psyche with immense bravery and imagination, undaunted by excruciating physical handicaps. Frida Kahlo mostly painted self-portraits and her art was inspired by Mexican popular culture. After her death in 1954, aged only 47, Kahlo’s work remained quite unknown until the 1970s, w

30 Frases de Frida Kahlo El 13 de julio de 1954 falleció la pintora Frida Kahlo y su cuerpo fue velado en el Palacio de Bellas Artes. Una semana antes de que muriera, Frida Kahlo celebró su último cumpleaños. El número 47. | Entre Letras & a la Orilla de un Café

Diego Rivera depicts Frida Kahlo and her sister Cristina in his mural “The Present and Future of Mexico,” representing class conflict in their homeland. Historians John Lear and Celia Stahr, and Cristina Kahlo, Frida’s great-niece, discuss the painting’s significance in Frida Kahlo’s life. "Becoming Frida Kahlo" continues this Tuesday at 9/8c. | PBS