Feliz Cumpleños to the revolutionary Frida Kahlo. Here Frida is pictured just days before her
Feliz Cumpleños to the revolutionary Frida Kahlo. Here Frida is pictured just days before her death at a demonstration protesting C.I.A. intervention in the overthrow of leftist President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala. It’s important to recognize the fact that Frida Kahlo was more than an artist - she was a communist activist & leader in the revolutionary politics of early 20th century Mexico. Here, sick and in a wheelchair, it is said that her pneumonia actually worsened after attending this protest. So Frida Kahlo literally and figuratively died on the frontlines still luchando with her fist raised in the air. As we remember her, it’s important we never lose sight of her revolutionary spirit that continues to live on to this day. "I feel uneasy about my painting. Above all I want to transform it into something useful for the Communist revolutionary movement, since up to now I have only painted the earnest portrayal of myself, but I’m very far from work that could serve the Party. I have to fight with all my strength to contribute the few positive things my health allows me to the revolution. The only real reason for living” -Frida Kahlo -- source link
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