Frida KahloFrida Kahlo was an extraordinary woman whose many tragedies influenced her to put her stories into her paintings. She was born on July 6, 1907 to a Mexican Catholic mother of Indian and Spanish origin and a German photographer father (Fabiny). Frida had three sisters, Mitilde and Adriana, who were older and Christina, who was younger. She learned about Mexican history, art and architecture by looking at her father's photographs. When Frida was six years old, she contracted polio and it took a long time for her to fully recover. After surviving polio, Frida's right leg became weak and thin, so her father encouraged her to play sports to help (Fabiny). Frida was a very intelligent girl even though she missed a lot of school due to polio. She had a photographic memory and learned to speak Spanish, English and German. She was so intelligent that her parents enrolled her in the National Preparatory School in Mexico City. It was there that she met Diego Rivera, famous for his murals. Frida watched him work on his mural at his school (Fabiny). After school one day in September, she took a bus home from Mexico City to Coyoacin. This is the day that will change his life forever. The bus she was on was hit by a tram and the bus was crushed. One of the arms of the bus seat went through Frida's hip and out of her genitals (Briley). She was taken to hospital by ambulance and doctors thought she would not survive. Frida's spine and many other bones were broken (Briley). She could no longer go to school to become a doctor since the accident left her disabled. She had to stay in the hospital for a month in a full...... middle of paper......Frida was an extraordinary artist and a courageous woman. Despite all the heartaches and tragedies she went through during her life, she managed to stay strong and achieve her dream of becoming a well-known artist and painter. She was a beautiful and incredible artist with such creativity and heart. Seeing such raw emotion come from someone who had been through hell and back kept her true to herself. Works Cited Baily, Gauvin Alexander. “Frida the Mexican: Kahlo in her native country.” Apollo Magazine LTD (2007): 108. Briley, Ron. “Frida.” Frida. Center for the Study of Film and History, July 2003. ClreRendell. “Frida Kahlo.” Journal of the Female Artists Slide Library (October 1986): 5.CorrineAndersen. “Remembering an Open Wound: FridoKahlo and Post-Revolutionary Mexican Identity.” South Atlantic Review. FALL 2009. Fabiny, Sarah. Who is Frida Kahlo? New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 2013.