Self-Portrait with Monkey, 1938, Oil on masonite, 16" x 12", Collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York In October 1938, Frida staged her first one-woman exhibition at the Levy Gallery ...

Frida portrayed her hybrid ethnicity in a 1936 painting, My Grandparents ... Surrounded by pet monkeys, cats and parrots amid exotic vegetation reminiscent of the paintings of Henri Rousseau ...

“I’m excited about Frida, because I think she found a way to overcome the personal tragedy of her life and live a very full life through art,” VMFA ... Portrait with a Monkey” painted ...