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A Woman to Know: Cristina Kahlo

A Woman to Know: Cristina Kahlo

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Apr 04, 2019
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I was born a bitch. I was born a painter. — Frida Kahlo

(image via Frida Kahlo)


We can only see so much of Cristina Kahlo. We see almost all of it through the life and art of her famous sister, Frida Kahlo.

Cristina, the youngest Kahlo daughter, often posed for her infirm sister's paintings. She acted at times as a divine-like wet nurse, a dreamy goddes…

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