Today we celebrate the 103rd birthday of Frida Kahlo, our giant search engine Google kicked off the off her online birthday party with one of its specialty logos, and a special Google Doodle in memory of Frida Kahlo.Most of the painters work depicts Frida Kahlo amid a fantastical setting. Lush vines snake through the scene, twisting around the Google company banner.
Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in the house of her parents, known as La Casa Azul in Coyoacan. At the time, it was a small town on the outskirts of Mexico City.As a young artist, Frida Kahlo approached the Mexican painter, Diego Rivera, whose work she admired, asking him for advice about pursuing art as a career. He recognized her talent and her unique expression as truly special and uniquely Mexican, he encouraged her artistic development and began an intimate relationship with Frida. They were married in 1929, despite the disapproval of Frida mother.
Watch the video below, which runs through many of her most famous paintings:
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