Guillermo Kahlo, who worked as a photographer, had a previous marriage in which he had two children before his wife died.

The Kahlo y Calderón family lived in a house built by Guillermo in Coyoacán, Mexico.

When Frida and Diego Rivera returned to Mexico as successful painters, Cristina acted as subject for both artists.

The pole replacing her heart, which lies wounded and bleeding on the ground, also shows the immense pain which was the result of the affair.

[5] Rivera portrays Cristina in his art work, and she was one of his favorite models.

[3] Cristina was depicted on the South Wall of Rivera's 1929-1935 mural The History of Mexico: The World of Today and Tomorrow.

Depicted in the nude, she holds a yonic shaped flower as a symbol of her femininity.

The novel Frida (2001) by Bárbara Mujica is narrated from the point of view of Cristina Kahlo.