Today is the birthday of famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. If she were still alive today, she'd be 105 years old.
Kahlo is known for her colorful self-portraits that prominently portray her most striking feature: her eyebrows.
But her paintings are often defined by events that happened in her life: as a teenager in 1925 she was seriously injured in a traumatic bus accident and in 1929 she married fellow Mexican artist Diego Rivera. Their volatile marriage was marred by adultery, miscarriages and fighting.
Kahlo's work is also intrinsically Mexican, depicting the indigenous traditions and culture of the nation she loved so much. In fact, she was so proud of her Mexican heritage that she often told people that she was born on July 7, 1910 (the date of the Mexican revolution)--even though she was actually born three years earlier, on July 6th, 1907.
Today, Kahlo's works are displayed in museums around the world, but many of her works reside permanently at the Museo Frida Kahlo in Mexico City.
To honor her birthday, we've compiled a few pictures of some of her most iconic paintings.
"Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" (1940). Kahlo is famous for her self-portraits. She once said "I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best."
"Me and My Parrots/Yo y mis pericos" (1941). Kahlo's brow--her signature feature--is portrayed prominently in all of her self-portraits.
"The Broken Column" (1944). In 1925, Kahlo was caught in a horrific bus accident that left her with a broken spinal column, broken collarbone, broken ribs, and a broken pelvis. She spent months recovering in a full body cast.
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