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, 19071954, 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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