Up close and personal: Frida Kahlo's photo album

Dinner parties at Frida and Diego's, rigging up a contraption so she can paint in bed after an accident, recuperating at home with her tiny dog ... here are the most personal moments of Frida Kahlo's extraordinary life, taken by her father and her friends

The Guardian, Wednesday 26 March 2014

Frida Kahlo by Guillermo Kahlo, 1932. © Frida Kahlo Museum

Frida Kahlo with Doctor Juan Farill by Gisèle Freund, 1951. © Frida Kahlo Museum

Frida aged five, anonymous photographer, 1912. © Frida Kahlo Museum

Frida painting in bed, anonymous photographer, 1940. © Frida Kahlo Museum

Diego Rivera at his San Ángel studio, anonymous photographer, c1940. © Frida Kahlo Museum

Frida lying on her stomach by Nickolas Muray, 1946. © Frida Kahlo Museum

Nickolas Muray and Frida Kahlo by Nickolas Muray, 1939. © Frida Kahlo Museum

Frida in the New York Hospital by Nickolas Muray, 1946. © Frida Kahlo Museum

Frida Kahlo by Lola Álvarez Bravo, c1944. © Frida Kahlo Museum

Frida and Diego with friends, anonymous photographer, c1945. © Frida Kahlo Museum

Frida Kahlo after an operation by Antonio Kahlo, 1946. © Frida Kahlo Museum

Frida Kahlo by Guillermo Kahlo, 1926. © Frida Kahlo Museum

Frida Kahlo in the Casa Azul, anonymous photographer, 1930. © Frida Kahlo Museum

Frida painting a portrait of her father, by Gisèle Freundin, 1951. © Frida Kahlo Museum

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