Frida Kahlo is often categorized as a Surrealist, a label championed by André Breton, the movement's founder, who described her art as a 'ribbon around a bomb.' However, Kahlo herself famously rejected the title, stating, 'I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.' Her work is deeply autobiographical, often depicting her physical suffering from a bus accident and her tumultuous marriage to Diego Rivera. She used traditional Mexican folk art motifs, Catholic symbolism, and anatomical imagery to explore her identity. Her masterpiece, 'The Two Fridas,' shows two versions of herself connected by a shared vein, symbolizing her dual heritage and emotional pain. While the imagery looks dreamlike to outsiders, every element was a literal representation of her internal and external life, making her a precursor to modern identity politics in art.