7 things you didn't know about Frida Kahlo by Renata https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd It was made as a practice. Base on this page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2HyLfNm8sBmSCcMg7Rxb3h8/13-things-you-didnt-know-about-frida-kahlo en-us 2017-06-11 14:15:28 UTC 2025-10-25 05:19:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/976xn/p02w74v0.jpg renataworon https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994113 2017-06-11 14:21:59 UTC https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994113 1. Her full name is Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y CalderónShe was born in 1907 in Mexico City. renataworon https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994164 2017-06-11 14:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994164 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, pierced in the stomach by a metal bar, covered by a bag of golden glitter that had burst in the impact. renataworon https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994191 2017-06-11 14:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994191 3. She wanted to become a doctor:Frida was to study medicine but, too ill to continue, took up painting in her long recuperation renataworon https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994488 2017-06-11 14:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994488 4. She married a man with a name even longer than hers:Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez. Also known as Diego Rivera. Frida met the artist when she was a student and they married in 1929. He already had children by three women, two of them his wives. renataworon https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994498 2017-06-11 14:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994498 5. They made a striking couple:Frida’s mother noted the size difference, saying it looked like the union of an elephant and a dove. renataworon https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994528 2017-06-11 14:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994528 renataworon https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994667 2017-06-11 14:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994667 6. She made her facial hair an icon:In her self-portraits, Frida exaggerated her monobrow and moustache which were less obvious in photos of her. renataworon https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994813 2017-06-11 14:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994813 7. She had a sharp wit:Frida and Diego had many rich American patrons, whom they liked to provoke. When sitting next to Henry Ford, who had a reputation for being anti-Semitic, Frida asked “Mr Ford, are you Jewish?” renataworon https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994857 2017-06-11 14:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175994857 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JGqi0dXh6s renataworon https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175995221 2017-06-11 14:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/renataworon/sot9sq7mo9fd/wish/175995221