![]() ![]() Miraculously, Gómez Arias was able to pull himself up after the collision, but when he went to help Kahlo, he realized that a metal rod had pierced her body. ![]() Alejandro Gómez Arias, Kahlo’s boyfriend at the time and fellow Cachucha, was on the bus with Kahlo when the accident occurred. On SeptemFrida Kahlo was on her way home from school when the bus she was riding was struck by a tram, causing her severe injuries that would affect her for life. In fact, Rivera would later tell a story of the young Kahlo coming to watch him paint. Kahlo and her friends took up an interest in this larger-than-life figure working at their school. Rivera was one of several artists hired by the department of education to create murals in schools and public buildings to teach the principles of the revolution to the people of Mexico. She describes this period of her life at school as one of the happiest.Īs a student Kahlo came across the famed muralist and painter Diego Rivera. Kahlo fell in love with one of the leading members of the group, Alejandro Gómez Arias, and he became her first boyfriend. During this time, she befriended a sharp-witted, and at times rambunctious, group of students referred to as Los Cachuchas, or the peaked caps. The school, located in the heart of Mexico City, was a center of intellectual thought and culture in post-revolutionary Mexico. In 1922 at the age of 15, Kahlo enrolled at the prestigious National Preparatory School where she was one of only 35 female students.
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