Few stories in art history are more heart wrenching than Frida Kahlo’s, as a
child she was disabled with polio for some time, later in 1925 when Frida was
only eighteen years old she was seriously injured in a bus crash which left
her in severe pain for most of her life. A promising medical student before
the crash, Frida painted from her bed during her slow and arduous recovery was forced to undergo painful and multiple surgeries.