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Frida Kahlo began to paint in 1925 while recovering from a streetcar accident that left her permanently disabled. Many of her two hundred paintings directly relate to her experiences with physical pain. They also chronicle her turbulent relationship with artist Diego Rivera. During her lifetime, Kahlo did not enjoy the same level of recognition as the great artists of Mexican muralism, Rivera, Orozco, and Siquewiros. However, today Kahlo's work is critically and monetarily as prized as that of her male peers, sometimes more so.