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Frida Kahlo Timeline Game

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Frida Kahlo was a prominent Mexican artist known for her unique style and powerful self-portraits. To honor her legacy, we have created a timeline game where players can place events from her life in their correct chronological order.

  • Key detail 1: Frida Kahlo was born in 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico City.
  • Key detail 2: Frida Kahlo joined the Mexican Communist Party in 1927.
  • Key detail 3: Frida Kahlo married fellow artist Diego Rivera in 1929.
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  • July 6, 1907: Frida Kahlo is born in Coyoacán, Mexico City
  • 1913: Frida contracts polio, which leaves her right leg shorter and thinner than the left
  • September 17, 1925: Frida is involved in a bus accident that leaves her with lifelong injuries and chronic pain
  • 1928: Frida meets Diego Rivera, a prominent Mexican artist, for the first time
  • August 21, 1929: Frida marries Diego Rivera in a civil ceremony
  • 1938: Frida's first solo exhibition is held at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York City
  • 1939: Frida's painting 'The Two Fridas' is completed
  • 1941: Frida's father, Guillermo Kahlo, passes away
  • 1940: Frida divorces Diego Rivera
  • 1944: Frida's painting 'The Broken Column' is completed
  • 1950s: Frida's health deteriorates, leading to multiple surgeries and hospitalizations
  • 1953: Frida's first major solo exhibition in Mexico takes place at the Galería de Arte Contemporáneo
  • 1953: Frida's right leg is amputated due to gangrene
  • July 13, 1954: Frida dies at the age of 47
  • 1954: Frida's final public appearance is at a Communist demonstration in Mexico City
  • 1958: Frida's Blue House in Coyoacán is turned into the Frida Kahlo Museum
  • 1980s-1990s: Frida's work gains renewed popularity in the 1980s and 1990s, sparking a 'Fridamania' craze
  • 2006: Frida's painting 'Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird' sells for a record price at auction
  • Present day: Frida's influence on art, feminism, and Mexican culture continues to be celebrated and studied worldwide

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