It was in Mexico City on the sixth of July nineteen hundred and seven that Frida was born. Stricken with polio at the early age of six, she entered elementary school later than her peers. During this time, the Mexican Revolution had begun, rousing up a spirited new sense of nationalism throughout the country. There was a movement away from the former dictator Porfirio Diaz, which had encouraged the citizens of Mexico to look proudly to their native roots. At this time, programs aimed their emphasis on the cult

Two years following the accident, Frida began to take part in politics, and looked towards achieving sovereignty for the government-run university and a more democratic Mexican government. In addition, she joined the Communist party because she wanted to be part of a movement that could achieve social change in her own county. Frida started attending political gatherings on a regular basis, positioning her views on Surrealism, the role of the Communist party in developing the revolution, and the place of nationalism in art and politics. It was at this time that Frida became reacquainted with Diego, who was himself a Communist, and who also encouraged her to continue painting. Like Diego, Frida also became a vigorous advocate of purely Mexican and pre-Columbian art. Her paintings are clearly influenced by Mexican culture which becomes evident in her bright use of colours, work with sheet metal instead of a canvas, and adding a combination of realism and symbolism to her work, a style completely new to nineteen thirties art. Her paintings were often small which was quite distinct from the large murals painted during this time. Frida’s nationalistic attitude was not just reflected in her art, but also in her wardrobe. She began adopting traditional Mexican outfits consisting of long skirts and dresses. It was this individual style that helped Frida illustrate, not only her patriotic attitude towards her country, but her rejection of the conventional standards of beauty. She felt so strongly about her Mexican heritage, and that was such a part of her identity. What\'s more, Frida accentuated her facial hair, grooming her eyebrows and mustache with special utensils and penciling them to appear darker, a practice that went against the typical feminine values of women at this time. She turned her heavy eyebrows and pronounced mustache into a trademark, representing them in all of her self-portraits. But this did not turn away Diego, and in nineteen twenty-nine the two were married. The next year they left to visit the United States (U.S), at which point Frida was viewed mainly as the wife of a famous artist. Their marriage, however, was promoted widely in the international press, and “off

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