• she was born on july 6, 1907 in coyoacan, mexico
• known as Frida Kahlo de Rivera her birth name was Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón
• she underwent 35 operations as a result of the bus accident she had in her youth
• of her 143 paintings, 55 are self-portraits and 88 are not
• she once dreamed of being a doctor
• she was bisexual
• she arrived at her first solo exhibition (1953) in an ambulance
• she was married with Diego Rivera for more than 10 years but their relantioship were full of pain and infidelities on both sides
• she died on july 13, 1954 in coyoacan, mexico aged 47
• her home is now a museum

“I don't paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.” ― Frida Kahlo