Why can't famous Mexican painters give birth?

In the 1932 self-portrait portrayed 'Henry Ford Hospital' , the famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo described her own image with a bloody body on her bed, with extreme pain after miscarriage.

Parallel to that is an unborn fetus, a woman's pelvis and abdomen, and three other images that symbolize her desire to be a mother because she cannot understand why she has been fate deprives that divine right.

And finally, after years of research, the experts also found the answer. Accordingly, Kahlo (who is likened to women's Vangogh) is more likely to have Asherman syndrome (the formation of scar tissue within the uterus), which can cause infertility and repeated miscarriage.

Picture of Henry Ford Hospital painting

Frida's obsession with childbirth was portrayed in many of her artworks on sexuality and fertility, said Fernando Antelo, a pathologist at Harbor UCLA Medical Center.

The series of "hell" began in September 1925, when the bus carrying Kahlo collided with another car, causing the metal handrails to stab her stomach. Since then, Kahlo's life has been associated with 32 continuous surgeries, with repeated miscarriages and chronic pain. Desperate, Frida poured all her heart into colorful and colorful portraits.

Frida Kahlo on a self-made piece

Previous historians only explain in general that the tragic Kahlo tragedy originates from that accident without any concrete evidence.

And to clarify this, first Antelo goes to find the right clue in the works of Kahlo. For example, in 'Flower of Life' (1943), she described the pregnancy process of a small soul hidden in the shape of a pistil, the blend of men and women.

Flower of Life

Next, conduct analysis of Kahlo case and other related documents, Antelo has found quite an important clue. Speaking at a meeting of the American Association of Anatomists, Antelo said the injury from the metal handrails that had torn the uterine lining led to the development of scar tissue. After the first miscarriage, the remaining fetal tissue in the uterus may have been infected with serious consequences.

Female painter Frida Kahlo

Today, Asherman is a common syndrome in people who have had an abortion or miscarriage. In the time of Kahlo, because there were no devices to support diagnosis of disease, no one knew this.

However, it was the pain, the despair and the burning desire that turned her paintings into masterpieces of the 20th century.

Reference: Discovery