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Frida Had Polio (Pt. 1)

At the age of six, Frida Kahlo was stricken with polio. It affected her right leg. She spent nine months in bed. “‘It all began with a horrible pain in my right leg from the muscle downward,” she...

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Frida Kahlo in a Suit?

“Portrait of My Father,” (1951), Mexican artist Frida Kahlo shows us her photographer father Guillermo Kahlo with the tool of his trade – a camera. From an early age, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo...

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Frida Kahlo Had Childhood Polio Part 2

(First see “Frida Kahlo Had Childhood Polio Part 1.”) Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Mexican artist Frida Kahlo‘s childhood polio caused more than a slight deformity in her right leg. The decreased...

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