Frida Kahlo, who painted mostly small ... According to biographer Herrera, she would cry out to her boyfriend, Alejandro Gómez Arias, “lend me your Spengler. I don’t have anything to read ...

She was born in 1907 in Mexico City. 2. She was a survivor: Frida had polio when she was six and, at 18, was in a bus crash that almost killed her. Her boyfriend at the time said he found her ...

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s iconic face now graces the walls ... The first self-portrait she did was for her boyfriend Alejandro, who helped save her life after the tragic bus incident.