Event:Kahlo begins painting following Detroit Hospitalization
Original Date: 1932-07-04
Source: Frida Kahlo, 1907-1954 Pain and Passion, Kettenmann, Andrea; Barnes & Noble Books, NY, 2002
Category: Michigan Historical Event
Description: Frida Kahlo, reknown Mexican painter and wife to Diego Rivera the famed Mexican muralist/artist, suffers birth complications in Detroit, which she depicts in her painting, “Henry Ford Hospital/ The Flying Bed.”