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Artist Frida Kahlo Transcended Suffering through Art

By Renee Phillips 10 Comments

Frida Kahlo

An artist who epitomizes an individual's triumphant spirit to overcome challenges through creativity is Frida Kahlo, July 6, 1907 - July 13, 1954. One of the most respected women artists her art has been praised for its originality and its surreal, dreamlike, and fantastical quality. At the age of six Kahlo was stricken with polio. At age 18 she was in a bus when it … [Read more...]

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