"It is impossible to separate the life and work of this extraordinary person, her paintings are her biography." This was announced in 1953 by a local critic after his one and only solo exhibition in Mexico (www.fridakahlo.com). Frida Kahlo was not only a magnificent painter, but also a representation of her native country, Mexico, through her meaningful paintings. While surrounded only by herself, Frida found great inspiration to paint in the early to mid-1900s. Her passion for painting came from her road accident while she was teenager, which left her paralyzed with spinal and pelvic fractures. Even before the car accident, she contracted polio at the age of six in the Mexico City suburbs where she grew up. His image represents fearlessness, which explains why self-portraits play an important role in his work. More than half of her 200 works of art are self-portraits because “…I am so often alone…I am the subject I know best.” Frida grew up in Mexico City, Mexico, and it wasn't exactly a luxury. Despite this, she loved her country. The proof is that even though she was born in 1907, she likes to say that she was born in 1910 because that's when the Mexican Revolution began ("Myths of Latin America"). Frida Kahlo lived in a fairly diverse family. His father was a Hungarian Jew and his mother was a Mexican of Spanish and Indian descent. She was one of four daughters in the family. Her two older sisters were named Matilde and Adriana, and the youngest sister was named Christina, but was only a year behind Frida. His father was commonly known as Guillermo and was a rather successful German photographer. Many of her paintings reflect the well-knit home she...... middle of paper .......youtube.com. Internet. May 5, 2014. Helland, Janice. “Culture, Politics, and Identity in the Paintings of Frida Kahlo.” Women's Art Journal. 1990. the web. April 28, 2014. .James, Angie. “It’s Frida Kahlo.” Pictify. Np, December 17, 2013. Web. May 23, 2014. “Myths of Latin America.” Polisci, Wis., Web. May 1, 2014..Whacker, Pud. “My Birth of Frida Kahlo.” Madonna album from Pub Whacker. Np, July 2, 2009. Web. May 23, 2014. “Welcome to the Frida Kahlo (A Tribute to Frida Kahlo) website. » Frida Kahlo. Np, Web. April 25. 2014. .