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Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954), whose real name was Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón, was born in the Coyoacan neighborhood of southern Mexico City, the son of a German-Jewish painter and photographer division. In 1938, Frida held an exhibition at Julien Levy Gallery in New York. French writer and poet André Breton, the founder of surrealism, classified her paintings as surrealism, while Frida himself said: "Creían que yo era surrealista, pero no lo era. Nunca pinté mis sueños. Pinté mi propia realidad." (People think I'm a surrealist painter, but I'm not. I don't paint dreams, but the reality I experience myself .) In 1939, Frida completed the famous work Las dos Fridas "Frieda Double Face", and held an exhibition in Paris with the help of Andre. While in Paris, she met Picasso and became the cover of VOGUE. In 1953, Frida held the only solo exhibition of her life in her home country in Mexico. Today, Frida’s former home, La Casa Azul, has become a museum, where her relics are displayed, including an embroidered portrait of Marenles Mao from the Hangzhou Embroidery Factory, and an unfinished painting on an easel. portrait of Mao Zedong. Her famous quote is printed on the wall of the museum: Feet, what do I need you for if I have wings to fly? Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), born in Guanahua, Mexico care. Famous Mexican painter and active communist. Rivera's main contribution was to promote the rise of the Mexican fresco revival movement in Mexico. From 1922 to 1953, Rivera painted murals in Mexico City, Chabingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, New York City, and more. In 1933, the Rockefeller family hired Rivera to paint a mural in the lobby of Rockefeller Center on Fifth Avenue in New York. Before the frescoes were completed, Rivera added a portrait of Lenin in what was considered a satire on capitalism. Rockefeller ordered the painting to be covered up and later destroyed. After returning to Mexico in 1934, Rivera painted the same painting on the third floor of the Palais des Beaux-Arts, the famous El hombre en el cruce de caminos ("Man at the Crossroads"). The two married in 1929 and divorced in 1939. The two remarried in 1940 until Frida Kahlo's death in 1954. Other famous characters in the film: Leo Davidovich Trotsky (November 7, 1879 – August 21, 1940), former leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Fourth International, revolutionary, military writers, political theorists, and writers. After his death, Lenin was expelled for his opposition to Stalin's dictatorial policies and settled in Mexico in 1938 with the help of Rivera and Frida after exile in many European countries. Killed by Soviet agents in his home in 1940. Tina Modotti (formerly Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti, 1896-1942) was a famous Italian photographer. At the age of 17, he immigrated to the United States with his family and entered the acting career in Hollywood. Came to Mexico in 1922 and became close friends with Rivera and Frieda. In 1928, he met the Cuban revolutionary Julio Mella, and later witnessed him being shot. Julio Antonio Mella (1903-1929), Cuban revolutionary, Communist Party of Cuba (Partido Comunista Cubano, later Partido Socialista) Popular Social People's Party. After the victory of the Cuban Revolution, it was incorporated into Cuba's only political party, Partido Unido de la Revolución Socialista de Cuba, one of the founders of the Socialist Revolutionary Party. Shot in Mexico in 1929. Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902-2002), a famous Mexican photographer. Guadalupe Marín (1895-1983), Mexican model, novelist, and Rivera's second wife. David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1874), one of the three great Mexican muralists, played by Antonio Banderas.

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Frida quotes

  • Frida Kahlo: I'm just keeping you honest, panzon.

  • Frida Kahlo: Did I tell you that I'm going to walk again.

    Alex: Yes...

    Frida Kahlo: Did you believe it?

    Alex: Of course I do.

    Frida Kahlo: You'd better, because you are going to miss it.

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