Frida Kahlo’s portrait of Dorothy Hale:
Dreams, Dramas and Revelations: By Myra Bairstow

At first glance, I had no inkling that the painting of Dorothy Hale by artist Frida Kahlo would lead me on an enthralling and arduous journey that would last for many years and serve to illuminate a provocative mystery that will now revise a carefully censored story in American history. To have unearthed such a complex and controversial secret was hardly my intention. Initially, I was merely mesmerized by the haunting image and stirred by the purity of the painting’s arresting undertones. I was inspired to simply ask ‘who was she?’…this enigmatic woman named Dorothy Hale. And why did Frida Kahlo paint her?
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