<P> Frida Kahlo de Rivera ( Spanish pronunciation : ( ˈfɾiða ˈkalo ) ; born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón ; July 6 , 1907 -- July 13 , 1954 ) was a Mexican painter , who mostly painted self - portraits . Inspired by Mexican popular culture , she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity , postcolonialism , gender , class , and race in Mexican society . Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy . In addition to belonging to the post-revolutionary Mexicanidad movement , which sought to define a Mexican identity , Kahlo has been described as a surrealist or magical realist . Her work has been celebrated internationally as emblematic of Mexican national and indigenous traditions , and by feminists for what is seen as its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form . </P>
mexican painter frida kahlo 's work is most likely influenced by what art style
naïve folk art