Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist ... While she was in bed recovering Frida's mother brought in an easel and a mirror so she could paint and be her own model. These self-portraits were often ...

The Archives of American Art created this exhibition in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month 2001 in order to pay tribute to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (b. 1907 d. 1954) and her enduring influence ...

Frida Kahlo and Sylvia Plath were two very well known ... corsets and there are images of her painting herself in bed with a mirror. She was stuck in this body in pain, but it became her subject ...