Frida Kahlo: World-Renowned Artist Who Overcame Polio

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[@PozoBlue]

"I drank to drown my sorrows, but the damned things learned how to swim.” - Frida Kahlo

[@brucemckay6937]

Love The "Quote"🤘. Regards Bruce McKay 🇦🇺🙃🏄‍♂️.

[@alexysq2660]

That truly is a marvellous - and brilliant - line/quote; fabulous, *Ms Frida*Kahlo...!*

[@aprilphares7078]

I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return

[@a.cheese5820]

…So I drowned them again and again and again.'' ☘🌈🖖

[@deepblue_arts2598]

What an awesome quote🔥🔥🔥

[@loralie_again]

'At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can' - this is one of my favourite quotes from Frida Kahlo and it kept me going at my darkest hour. I love her story, personality and art. Thank you for making a video about her!

[@densealloy]

What a strong soul. I have serious health issues and I'm in and out of the hospital 6-8 times a year and I can't imagine what kind of misery she was in. For her to continue to see the beauty of this world while having such pain was a testament to what an amazing human she was.

[@lisasmith516]

You are AMAZING ❣️ Too! Hang in there, blessings on you!

[@beachbliss9366]

Blessings to you. Sending you kind thoughts for an easy and pain free life. ♥️

[@TheLacedaemonian300]

This may sound a bit superficial and silly, but I was gifted two sofa pillows with paintings of Frida Khalo by Frida Kahlo on them. I knew her name in passing, but after owning these pillows I had to look deeper into who she was. I went down a Frida Kahlo rabbit hole, and boy did it go deep. This woman was truly something special, and what a life she lived. I may not be on board with all her politics, but I respect this woman as much as any other human being that has lived. Good to see her get a Biographics video, she earned it.

[@christineparis5607]

That is not superficial or silly at all.! I think it's such an incredible thing to have something by her. I always loved the style she adopted of the tehuana women of Mexico, who were very strong, dignified and graceful. Wearing her long skirts with embroidered petticoats and flowers and ribbons, with ancient mexican jewelry with the shawls and bright colors just made her an iconic figure in her own lifetime. It is amazing that even though she did not sell much during her life, she was never overshadowed by her much more famous husband. He had tremendous respect for her art and never tried to influence her in any way, encouraging her always to be herself. I think they loved each other with a deep trust in their loyalty to the others art. Living together was something else.... I would live it if you can reccomend any other books on her that I might have missed. I've only read the one put out around the movie...

[@ericktellez7632]

“I am not on board with all her politics” So you are a slave to the dollar, comrade?

[@TheLacedaemonian300]

@@ericktellez7632 I am a slave to the system I was born into. Until we can achieve a truer form of complete and total autonomy over our own selves, I'm afraid I am, unfortunately a slave of some sort. In body only, never in mind, comrade.

[@nataliamirochnitchenko8152]

@@TheLacedaemonian300 💪🏽

[@angelacaudill537]

She's my absolute favorite!!! Your gift IS special. 🌹

[@schristy3637]

More artist. Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O'Keeffe,Rembrandt van Rijn, Salvador Dali, H. R. Giger, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Paul Jackson Pollock( jack the dripper ).GREAT vid!

[@romelnegut2005]

I almost the last one as "jack the ripper" instead of "jack the dripper".

[@tjzambonischwartz]

We need videos on ALL of these.

[@wandering-wisp]

Yes please ♡ I would add Botticelli and Mucha to the lot, but only because they are personal favourites tbh. Keep up the good work, this has literally become my favourite youtube channel ☆

[@arianafox365]

S Christy second this!

[@PhuckedUpPhilosophy]

don’t forget MC Escher

[@starscream548]

See this is why I love this channel 1. People complain that they've never heard of the person in the video but when you don't know who it is your in for an amazing story, not to say that biographies on more established figures are bad cuase you get to learn new things about them. 2. The way some of the historical figures "interact" with each other like (i.e. otto van bismark & Napoleon 3rd) is great. I mean the fact that leon trostsky and Freida Kahlo not only met and crossed paths but had a friendship is fascinating and yet another reason you guys should do timeline videos where you go more in depth on events surrounding multiple individuals

[@sMASHsound]

i find it utterly amazing that these massive public figures, would be so interconnected with other massive public figures. like max plank having an institute named after him, which einstein attended, who was comrade to marie currie as part of the old guard of physics, having made predictions of the universe that took hubble to confirm, and meeting charlie chaplain.

[@Lordradost]

Point 2 is good. Hope Biographics actually does that at some point.

[@6thwilbury2331]

+1000 To point No.1, I can't tell you how often I've watched a video on this channel where I first said, "Hmm, never heard of this person." Then, when the video is done, I'd go, "How the hell have I never heard of this person??" When it comes to Frida, I only knew her as "that artist with the unibrow." Had no idea until now how interesting her life was. Grade-A badass. Makes me want to see that movie.

[@shawnnewell4541]

Frida is an inspiration. Not only did she live life on her terms but she did it despite great physical pain.

[@dannyl3626]

The strength of that woman was admirable to say the least. No wonder she is the role model of so many people around the world (myself included). One of my favorite videos on your channel, makes me even more proud to be female, reminds me of all the brave sisters who have lived and created on this earth. You did a really amazing job and did her spirit justice. In my opinion, she needs to be even more famous and widely known! Thank you!

[@AS-vh4js]

This is without a doubt my favorite video on this channel. Really well done, you guys. Good job! Definitely wouldn't mind more videos on artists.

[@nenxguru3646]

Kiss ass

[@cherylcampbell9369]

Joan Miro' please.

[@JoseRamos-kd9ig]

She was a strong woman (R.I.P.)✌️

[@Curi0u50ne]

Is she died 😳

[@cyndalou]

I saw her paintings at an exhibit in Boston. I remember running towards them yelling it’s Frida!!! I was so excited to see her paintings for real. She is eternal.

[@marzblaq7267]

Lucky! She’s literally one of my top 3 favorite arists and I’d love to see her work in person 😭

[@Kaytecando]

FANTASTIC! Kahlo is one of my all-time favorite personalities of the art world. This is the best short documentary I have viewed of her very complicated life. The 2002 movie "Frida" with Salma Hayek is great with Hayek, also Mexican, doing a mesmerizing portrayal of Kahlo. I own the DVD & watch it to remind me of the passion & power of her life & art.

[@Sephirajo]

As a disabled Mexican American, she means the world to me.

[@DeNoche23]

Would love to see a biography for Anthony Bourdain

[@peggymason7438]

I saw the 2002 movie, 'Frida', starring Selma Hayek and it was incredibly good. I was so impressed and intrigued by her that I bought a book about her. She was an amazing woman.

[@wilk4093]

I’m so excited to see this! I love Frida and I love this channel. Thank you!

[@christinegatto7426]

Someone who can express herself in such a striking way despite her physical agony inspires me. Her work is not just original, it"s almost otherworldly.

[@clown-cult96]

Frieda is the embodiment of “why are they together? she’s far too good for him”. At least her legacy and story completely outshines Diego’s.

[@fridag3246]

Diego has impressive and massive murals, so in regards of art and talent they both were really good

[@nelliethursday1812]

Please do one on Elizabeth Feodorovana sister of the last Tsarina. Her life is a tragedy

[@annalisette5897]

YES!

[@brentgranger7856]

Thanks for finally presenting the beautiful and complicated life of Frida Kahlo. Her self-portraits stood out for me when I first saw her works at a university art class. Maybe soon we can see Queen Elizabeth I, Tsarina Yekaterina the Great, Anne Frank, Jane Austen, Amelia Earhart, Hannah Reitsch, Ching Shih, Anne Bonny, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Valentina Tereshkova, and Sally Ride.

[@Brams2777]

They have one of Earhart

[@brentgranger7856]

@@Brams2777 They sure do! I must've missed that one. They can do Hannah Reitsch, the famous German test pilot, instead.

[@mangot589]

I’m not into art, but the artists themselves have some pretty interesting lives! Thanks, Simon.

[@theflaggedyoutuberii4311]

I like Frida Kahlo more than I like Pablo Picasso

[@rhijulbec1]

For me~Frida. Picasso was talented but Frida...wow. She was Frida. 💖

[@wb6wsn]

@@rhijulbec1 An interesting contrast; one Marxist apologist inspired a huge dog-like statue above ground in Chicago, while another Marxist apologist inspired the decorations of countless tunnels and freeway support columns.

[@eugeniasyro7315]

No one likes Picasso.

[@eugeniasyro7315]

@@bajocontinuo3 Bite me

[@charlescox86]

Bajocontinuo that's good

[@maniclater]

I went to her house in Mexico City and it is just as amazing as her work. Thank you for the upload and I’m happy I found your channel.

[@angelchatman3099]

Can you make a video for Eartha Kitt please 🙏🙏🙏

[@aaliyahdouglass2166]

Right

[@gracesmith6519]

A complex woman pulled through life by pain to quench an unquenchable desire to live and artistically express life. Beautifully fully human. Thank you for including her in your library. May I suggest Madame de Pompedour?

[@annikboyer3395]

I was waiting for this one and I am happy it is now done!

[@andiemay8410]

Respectfully done and touching! I don't even read the thumbnail when you put content out and no matter who it is, your presentation makes me want to know more about the subject. Thank you so much for what you do!

[@deemariedubois4916]

Simon this is one of my favorite bios you have done so far. Thank you and team for all your hard work.

[@tribudeuno]

"She is a young woman and endowed with all the gifts of seduction, one accustomed to the society of men of genius. There is no more exclusively feminine art that in order to be as seductive as possible, is very willing to play alternatively to be absolutely pure and absolutely pernicious. The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon around a bomb"... André Bretón, author of the Surrealists Manifesto and responsible for convincing Frida to have an exhibition in Paris

[@christineparis5607]

Frida is one of my favorite artists. I love her tremendous contradictions and her passionate individuality. Her biographies paint a picture of unbelievable suffering and determination. Living in the beautiful Mexican influenced city of San Antonio has given me a much deeper understanding of the culture and artistry of the country. The language, music, food and art reflect the heart of Mexico and its people. Frida is everywhere here, and always inspires me.

[@elizabethtorres3491]

OMGosh!, That was perfect! My great uncle Miguel covarrubias studyed with Diego Rivera Thank you

[@lilbatz]

@JOSE CHUNG'S FROM OUTER SPACE! If you make it to Detroit, you must go to the DIA and see the mural. I'm so lucky I can go down there and just sit observing it. Picture images do not do it justice.

[@mepalker]

Loved this! Thank you. She is an inspiration even today !

[@wendychavez5348]

My nephew and brother have birthdays 2 days apart; my nephew was born on Easter and both have Easter birthdays from time to time. For their birthdays this year, the family went to a Frida Kahlo/Diego Rivera exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum. It was amazing!

[@nixpuk75]

absolutely love the dog in the photo of Diego Rovera!!

[@stephaniewhite5644]

This video was my most favorite ,Simon. It was a joy to watch. She and her art are beautiful, love to Mexico and Thank you for making this biography, and the best channel on KZbin 👍😁

[@ladycharlenegrace8023]

8:05 This is one if my FAVORITE works of art! Yay! Thank you for including it in your video!!

[@EUSA1776]

Biopics on Pedro Infante or Jorge Negrete ! Legends of Mexican music !

[@allenlloyd1442]

I love her art. I think she was strikingly beautiful and smart (most polyglots are). Thanks for this bio.

[@Auntyalias2014]

Thank God It's Frida... my favorite post on Fridays. Now you come out with this video on a Friday. Thanks!

[@tidycat4004]

One of your best - thank you! An amazing woman who lived an incredible life and left a legacy worthy of remembrance.

[@jmeyer3rn]

We visited an exhibition of Frida at the Dali Museum in St Petersburg a few years ago. Just last evening I began reading another Kahlo “biographical” on her. I love her work and can identify with her life and her pain. ¡Viva Frida! ❤️🇲🇽 ❤️

[@Kaytecando]

I also attended the exhibit at the Tampa Museum of Art which was before the exhibit at the Dali. They were both outstanding. The V & A has done an exhibit on her clothing and even her makeup. She was a role model for many Mexicans and Mexican-Americans. What is the title of the bio you are reading?

[@jmeyer3rn]

Karen Kirkpatrick simply Frida. Don’t have the author right at the moment. It’s told in her sister Christina’s voice.

[@shastealyomeal]

Hey judy

[@zoidsfan12]

Really love these artist focused videos. Creating art is simulataniusly one of the hardest and most liberating things. Condensing your soul into an illustration. Reading and hearing about other artists whom went through a mountain of strife gives me confidence that I can overcome my own problems and create something worthwhile.

[@daveisradicle]

Such a sad tale and beautiful tale. Thanks for always coming out with such great content.

[@shesaknitter]

Excellent video! Thanks for yet another one! I am knitting and binge-watching Biographics videos.

[@shek-dz9rp]

I look up to this woman so much I keep a portrait of her in my room

[@notebender4]

I knew some of her work but just a very little of the back story... This was a great learning experience, thanks...

[@thomasdewolfhound6458]

Excellent piece Simon with some new insights that I had never heard before about her life..

[@flobama7200]

Thank you so much for this one!! Frida is a legend

[@lilbatz]

Thank you for this treat. It's so rare to find anything about women artists who are not actresses or singers.

[@chrissygravitt9196]

Thank You! This was another fascinating insight on Frida

[@paraboo8994]

Awesome as per usual! Thank you for this ❤

[@rhijulbec1]

Frida~so close to my heart. She was driven. She was strong. She was tragic. She was pain. She was beautiful. She was Frida. And like so many strong women, her choice in men was abysmal.

[@h.emunoz9857]

Great, showing love to Mexico.

[@1951timbo]

Excellent Simon. Thank you

[@JustJake77]

I enjoyed this one. I learned some new things about Frida that didn't know. Her influence on the art world is still very strong. She will be remembered as one of the greatest artists in the annals of human history.

[@digapygmy70]

I didn't expect to be brought to tears by the end of the video. Good job.

[@elenaperez8873]

Muchas gracias, thank you for listening to requests. Favorite so far.

[@veresannamaria4584]

She was one of the greatest artists

[@karansharma5125]

I love this channel !!!!! I really admire her as an artist and what she's done for the craft. Great Job!!

[@LuinTathren]

Wonderful video! Thank you.

[@judybennington-dykes3453]

This was the best one ever. I really do appreciate it

[@Biographics]

Glad you liked it :)

[@camiloiribarren1450]

Yes! Simon got this lesson out! Thanks for this. Now if you possibly can, do Luis Muñoz Marin

[@carleyberndt8398]

I love the fact that she became far more famous than Diego ever was, and now he has become a footnote in her story

[@contiflex]

Frida is one of my favourite artists and the other one is Georgia O'Keeffe. I would love to see more documentaries on modern artists please. Thanks!

[@anapm2927]

Thank you for covering this roaring fire of a woman. Truly inspiring 💕

[@dude9864]

I've been waiting for this!

[@alliealdrich5646]

Love her, thank you both for the great content!

[@CFCMAMO1]

Thanks biographics. Great one. I came across Freda's image so many times but never bothered to look it up for some odd reason.

[@keithsharp826]

Great presentation and super interesting. Thank you!

[@skyden24195]

Great biographic. I'm happy to have learned about this very strong, persistent woman.

[@ROBYNMARKOW]

Muchas Gracias for a truly inspiring bio.

[@killerkaly]

As a Mexican, I thank you for teaching me about my own culture. From the bottom of my heart, thank you! 💚🤍❤️

[@kpounders7437]

Thank you for this! My Spanish classes will be watching this during our study of Kahlo.

[@Luubelaar]

"I'd like to give you everything you never had, but not even then would you know how beautiful it is to love you." - Frida Kahlo

[@DontreadPimpBoy]

Been waiting for this!

[@richardzhang2773]

Magic... I was doing my SAT prep today and there was this article regarding her artwork.... absolutely unbelievable

[@skyboy4341]

SOLDIER WE NEED YOU AT THE POSEIDON OIL RIG JUST OF THE COAST OF NAVARRO NOW OR ILL TELL SGT DORMAN

[@richardzhang2773]

@@skyboy4341 But sir, I thought our primary objective is to protect Raven Rock from the evil Brotherhood of steel

[@cptnmus8996]

Inspiring soul destroying joy, another fine piece 💯

[@TraxelAxel]

Frida is the greatest artist that is, was, or ever will be in my opinion. I was sceptical of this video because her and her art are so near and dear to my heart but for a general overview it was informed and respectful! Excellent job and hope to see one about Diego as well!

[@PozoBlue]

The 2 Frida's symbolize the two worlds that were part of her heritage: the german/proper lady attire (not innocence) & the mexican/folklore attire (that not even mexican women of higher society wore, as they donned europeanized clothes). One of the things that made her so different was the fact that she adopted the indigenous traditional clothes & jewelery, something not at all common in the 'fine' mexican society. It was part of her worldview of being proud and showcasing Mexican heritage rather than adopting european traditions (in painting, in clothes, in food, etc.). She broke from the current and it's what made her so iconic. I love Frida! Great vid!

[@tonic2123]

Was familiar with her name but never knew her story! Thank you!

[@nicoleaguilera4122]

Loved this !!

[@hmary9433]

I loved this!

[@NiamhCreates]

Started to get a little choked up at this one.

[@claraelizabeth]

I love your content. Historical figures in politics are my favorite, but I also love artists. Can I suggest you cover Camille Claudel? Or Ignaz Semmelweis, the physician?

[@polly6336]

Thank you, very interesting, very succinct.

[@annaz940]

Yes! I've been waiting for the video ever since you mentioned you were making it

[@markdodd1152]

Same here ! I love her

[@waverider8549]

Me too

[@emmitstewart1921]

This video demonstrates the value of the series. I have often heard references to Frida, but never heard any real details. Your video gives her life story with real respect and sympathy. Great work. Keep on making this series. The Greeks used to say that a life unexamined is a life wasted. You are saving a great many of really interesting lives from falling into the junkbin of history.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

I'm sorry to say I knew next to nothing about Frida Khalo. Shame on me: my Dad also had polio and had to redefine himself over the years as he fought the complications that followed him throughout his life. Now that I know, I can appreciate and honor her more.

[@EdmundAcuto]

Great Bio of a great women and Artist!

[@Andregrindle]

A suggestion for you Simon. You should one day do a biography on Josephine Baker. She was mentioned in this video. Her life was so deeply theatrical, its worthy of so many biotgraphies.

[@katherinea.williams3044]

Andregrindle That would be a great one. You need to comment to Shell (Biographics EP), WHY to cover Baker. Biographics asked people recently to share numerous reasons why they should cover a person. I agree with her. Many comments say ‘do so and so’! But she politely requested people give more information when requesting videos. But I agree, Josephine Baker would be a great video!✨✌🏼

[@Biographics]

I think she would be fantastic. Shell

[@katherinea.williams3044]

Biographics That’s great! Thank You Shell!

[@DoraFauszt]

She is stunningly beautiful in my opinion! :O I also find the colored thumbnail especially in her case really great!

[@explorer1968]

As a Mexican, I do not share her Soviet political views (my grandfather suffered the religious antiCatholic persecution of the late 1920s), although I admire her courage to live on despite her injuries. Her art and sexual preferences raised huge scandals in the conservative Mexican society of her era; well, she's an art heroine since long ago, how times change more and more!

[@CharmEng89]

YESSSS FRIDAAA I never clicked so fast!! thanks Biographics!

[@trblessed1020]

This was the first time I actually listen to her life story her life was so full and beautiful and tragic at the same time thank you so much for doing this very interesting

[@missjadeart]

This is my absolute favorite video on your channel. Please do more videos on women and on artist.

[@mssarah1101]

I really loved this! I have seen her work before but didnt know who she was!

[@814325]

She's one of my favorite people. I love you, querida Frida, with all my Brazilian heart.

[@josey_8204]

A strong soul put through suffering. An artist put in a world of pain.

[@zeacatltopiltzin6798]

Thanks for you for listening to our requests

[@alexysq2660]

...by video's end, i actually found my self - surprised to be - in tears....