How Frida Kahlo Turned Her Turbulent Life Into Paintings

“I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.”

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Mexican Surrealist painter, Frida Kahlo’s artworks are famous for their depiction of broken and tortured bodies and physical and mental agony.

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This is because, throughout her life, she suffered from an array of mental health conditions like

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severe depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bipolar disorder (BD), and dissociative identity disorder (DID).

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Being the honest autobiographical painter that she was, she drew inspiration from her harrowing life episodes [comprising divorces, abortions, violence, and insanity] and turned them into masterpieces!

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