Frida Kahlo · every age
What was Frida Kahlo doing at 18?
Started painting at 18, flat on her back after a bus crash
- Sep 17, 1925
A bus crash at 18 broke her spine in three places
Also her pelvis and right foot. Lifelong pain followed. She began painting while confined to bed.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Portrait: Photo: Guillermo Kahlo (1932), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source