Frida Kahlo
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Frida Kahlo was a renowned Mexican painter known for her intensely personal, symbolic self-portraits and her influence on art, feminism, and Mexican cultural identity.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frida Kahlo canonical | 84 |
| Freda Kahlo (often spelled Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter) | 1 |
| Frida Kahlo painting What the Water Gave Me | 1 |
| Frida Kahlo's identity | 1 |
| Kahlo | 1 |
| Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1958594 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frida Kahlo Context triple: [Casa Azul, associatedWith, Frida Kahlo]
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A.
Guillermo Kahlo
Guillermo Kahlo was a German-Mexican photographer best known as the father of painter Frida Kahlo and for his architectural and industrial photographs in early 20th-century Mexico.
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B.
Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter and muralist known for his large-scale public works depicting social and political themes, and for helping to establish the Mexican muralism movement.
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C.
Maya Widmaier-Picasso
Maya Widmaier-Picasso was a French art expert and archivist known for cataloging and authenticating the works of her father, the renowned artist Pablo Picasso.
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D.
Inés Mendoza
Inés Mendoza was a Puerto Rican educator and political figure who served as First Lady of Puerto Rico and was known for her advocacy of Spanish-language education.
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E.
Inés Zorreguieta
Inés Zorreguieta was an Argentine psychologist and civil servant best known as the younger sister of Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frida Kahlo Target entity description: Frida Kahlo was a renowned Mexican painter known for her intensely personal, symbolic self-portraits and her influence on art, feminism, and Mexican cultural identity.
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A.
Guillermo Kahlo
Guillermo Kahlo was a German-Mexican photographer best known as the father of painter Frida Kahlo and for his architectural and industrial photographs in early 20th-century Mexico.
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B.
Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter and muralist known for his large-scale public works depicting social and political themes, and for helping to establish the Mexican muralism movement.
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C.
Maya Widmaier-Picasso
Maya Widmaier-Picasso was a French art expert and archivist known for cataloging and authenticating the works of her father, the renowned artist Pablo Picasso.
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D.
Inés Mendoza
Inés Mendoza was a Puerto Rican educator and political figure who served as First Lady of Puerto Rico and was known for her advocacy of Spanish-language education.
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E.
Inés Zorreguieta
Inés Zorreguieta was an Argentine psychologist and civil servant best known as the younger sister of Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mexican artist
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ surrealist-associated artist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1954 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Rotunda of Illustrious Persons (ashes kept at Casa Azul)
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linked to:
Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres
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| causeOfDeath | pulmonary embolism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Mexico ⓘ |
| culturalIconOf |
LGBTQ+ community
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Mexican culture ⓘ feminism ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1907-07-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1954-07-13 ⓘ |
| depicts | herself ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
German descent
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Indigenous Mexican descent ⓘ Mexican ⓘ |
| familyName |
Kahlo
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linked to:
Frida Kahlo
|
| fieldOfWork |
painting
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visual arts ⓘ |
| fullName |
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón
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linked to:
Frida Kahlo
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| genre |
portrait painting
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self-portrait ⓘ symbolic painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Frida ⓘ |
| hasSignificantEvent | bus accident in 1925 ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Mexican nationalism
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body and disability ⓘ female experience ⓘ identity ⓘ indigeneity ⓘ marriage and relationships ⓘ pain ⓘ |
| honor |
Casa Azul converted to Frida Kahlo Museum
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linked to:
Frida Kahlo Museum
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| influenced |
Chicana art
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Mexican cultural identity ⓘ body politics in art ⓘ feminist art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European avant-garde art
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Mexican folk art ⓘ indigenous Mexican culture ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken | Spanish ⓘ |
| medicalCondition |
chronic pain
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polio ⓘ spinal injuries ⓘ |
| memberOf | Mexican Communist Party ⓘ |
| movement |
Magic realism
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linked to:
magical realism
Mexican muralism-associated ⓘ Naïve art ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Diego on My Mind
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Henry Ford Hospital ⓘ My Birth ⓘ Self-Portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States ⓘ Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair ⓘ Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird ⓘ The Broken Column ⓘ The Two Fridas ⓘ The Wounded Deer ⓘ What the Water Gave Me ⓘ |
| percentageOfOeuvreAsSelfPortraits | approximately one-third ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Coyoacán
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Mexico City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Coyoacán
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Mexico City ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | communism ⓘ |
| residence |
Casa Azul
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Coyoacán ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | bisexual ⓘ |
| spouse | Diego Rivera ⓘ |
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Subject: Frida Kahlo Description of subject: Frida Kahlo was a renowned Mexican painter known for her intensely personal, symbolic self-portraits and her influence on art, feminism, and Mexican cultural identity.
Referenced by (89)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Frida Kahlo
linked to: Frida Kahlo
subject linked to:
"Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central"
linked to: Frida Kahlo
subject linked to:
Carl Wilhelm
linked to: Frida Kahlo
subject linked to:
MALBA, Buenos Aires
subject linked to:
Mexico City borough of Coyoacán