Artist Frida Kahlo was considered one of Mexico's greatest artists who began painting mostly self-portraits after she was severely injured in a bus accident. Kahlo later became politically active.

Frida Kahlo The Movie: Frida Kahlo’s life was the subject of a 2002 film entitled Frida, the film was nominated for six Academy Awards and won for Best Makeup and Original Score.

After Kahlo’s death, the feminist movement of the 1970s led to renewed interest in her life and work, as Kahlo was viewed by many as an icon of female creativity.

She exhibited her paintings in Paris and Mexico before her death in 1954.