When she was 18, Kahlo was involved in a horrific traffic accident, in which an iron rod pierced her abdomen, her right foot was crushed and 2 vertebrae were fractured, as well as a number of other bones, including 11 fractures in her right leg. As she recovered in a full body cast, her mother brought her a small lap easel, and, with a mirror over her bed, she began to paint self portraits. This self portrait embodie... http://www.cdpaintings.com/frida-kahlo/the-broken-column-1944-by-frida-kahlo