Painting Information

Artist: Frida Kahlo

Title: Self Portrait (Diego on My Mind)

Year: 1943

Movement: Latin American/ Modernism

Museum: Private Collection

  • Bio of Frida Kahlo

    Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society.

  • Project Ideas

    1) Frida Kahlo Inspired Portrait (Grades K-2)

    2) Make a Floral Crown (Grades 3-5)

    3) They can also take a mirror and draw a self-portrait of themselves (All Grade Levels)