Favorite Mexican Artists: Frida Kahlo

My South African wife, who came to me late in life, is Jewish, and has spurred many new interests in me, one of which is a fascination with the many awesome accomplishments of talented Jewish artists. Here are some brilliant works by the tortured artist Frida Kahlo, 1907-1954, who claimed to be Jewish, even though some people say her father was Lutheran. Kahlo was badly injured by a Mexican streetcar when she was 18, and it left her in severe pain and influenced her art for the rest of her life. She also
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