# @drawingcenter on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BCidboEx1wh
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16049129-drawingcenter-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/1a916a1c2c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2016-03-04T16:50:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Drawing Center (@drawingcenter) — https://gondola.cc/drawingcenter

## Caption

Artists have a variety of methods to make their mark. Every Friday we will share a photograph of an #ArtistInAction.

Surviving an almost fatal accident, Frida Kahlo went through relentless physical hardships and surgeries for the rest of her life. Despite the severe condition she continued to paint while at the hospital and, after being discharged, as she recuperated in bed. Her mother ordered a special easel and hung a mirror in the bed canopy helping Frida to use herself as a model. During her convalescences, Frida painted numerous self-portraits and still lifes.

#FridaKahlo #5womenartists #WomensHistoryMonth womeninthearts

Photo:  Frida Kahlo in the (Mexico City) British Hospital, photographed by Hans Gutmann (aka Juan Guzmán), 1951.
The painting on the easel is Arbol Familiar (Family Tree).

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artistinaction, womenshistorymonth, 5womenartists, fridakahlo

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