(Source: weinventyou, via embracetiamat)
Frida Kahlo honored in a U.S. stamp.
Issued by the U.S. Postal Service on June 21, 2001, this stamps pays tribute to the internationally-popular Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Well-known for her self-portraits. The image on the stamp was made from one of Kahlo’s works, “Self Portrait with Collar,” now owned by Jacques and Natasha Gelman. designed by Richard Sheaff. In special ceremonies at the Mexican Consulate in Downtown El Paso, Mexican Consul General Antonio Meza and El Paso Postmaster Félix Guerra paid tribute to Kahlo.
Frida, photographed on July 2nd,1954, 11 hours before she died.
La Frida Kahlo
Excerpt from a documentary devoted to this great artist, (The History Channel Spanish)
Fragmento extraido de un documental dedicado a esta gran artista, (The History Channel Español)
Frida Kahlo on a boat in Xochimilco, one of The Coolest Places in Mexico City, 1936, photo by Fritz Henle
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
“I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.” ~Frida Kahlo
