Introduction Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907Kahlo ( -1954 almost attained cult status for her extraordinary life and art. Tempestuous life-long love to prominent Mexican artist Diego Rivera, love affairs, infi delity, divorce and remarriage, several miscarriages, years of being bedridden or wheelchair bound, intractable pain and multiple unsuccessful operations defi ned this great artist's talent. Interest in her works has dramatically increased, and nowadays Frida Kahlo ranks among the

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... s most renowned 20th century female artists. Her deeply and even painfully personalized surrealistic paintings fascinate art lovers around the world. It is diffi cult to fi nd an artist whose life and works were more deeply affected by illness than Frida Kahlo's. Her art is permeated by her struggle against medical hardships; physical and psychical suffering lay at the heart of her talent [1] . She was one of those very uncommon artists who dared to show their nude, sick body. Many of her best-known works depict her physical suffering: her bleeding, broken and weeping body. Her paintings and drawings are like medical case reports. Interestingly, most of her maladies were related to neurology. Abstract World-famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is an impressive example of an artist whose entire life and creativity were extremely infl uenced by chronic, severe illness. Many of her best-known works depict her physical and mental suffering. She was one of those very uncommon artists who dared to show their nude, sick body. This article describes biographical events and works of Frida Kahlo that are closely related to neurology: congenital anomaly (spina bifi da), poliomyelitis, spine injury, neuropathic pain.