Frida, a Biography of Frida Kahlo
How was Kahlo changed after she contracted polio?
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When Kahlo was six, she contract polio, and had to spend nine months confined to a room. Before her sickness she was a chubby, playful child and afterward the sickness made her thin. When Frida was up again, the doctors prescribed physical exercise. Guillermo encouraged his daughter to play a number of sports. Nevertheless, one of her legs remained thin and she was constantly teased about it. In her paintings, Kahlo portrayed her childhood and life as being separate and alone due to her change in personality after the sickness.
Frida, a Biography of Frida Kahlo