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So after reading this i decided to look up the artist frida kahlo.
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So i learned she is a mexican artist and she's remembered for her self -portraits, pain and passion and bold, vibrant colors.
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So she focused on mexican and indigenous culture.
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And as a child she nearly died in a bus accident as a teenager and suffered from polio when she was a child.
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So this may have contributed to the pain and passion in her artwork.
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Life experience is a common theme in her paintings.
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Her physical and emotional pain are depicted.
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In addition she also had multiple fractures of her spine, collarbone and ribs, a shattered pelvis, broken foot and dislocated shoulder.
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She began to focus heavily on painting while recovering in a body cast.
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In her lifetime she had 30 operations.
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She's also celebrated by feminists for her depiction of the female experience in form.
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So you mentioned the death of general warren at the battle of bunkers hill.
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So this refers to several oil paintings completed in the late 18th and early 19th century by the american artist john trumbull...