Luther Burbank Analysis

The Portrait of Luther Burbank Do you know russet potato derives its name from Luther Burbank? The russet potato is one of Burbank creations, and is the most used potato by the MacDonald’s restaurants. The Portrait of Luther Burbank by Frida Kahlo, is a painting of oil and Masonite created during 1931, this portrait was inspired in the scientist and horticulturist Luther Burbank whom Kahlo represented as one of his own experiments. This Frida Kahlo’s painting shows a man whose feet are a tree trunk and its roots wind through a skeleton under the ground that as stated by Frida Kahlo is Luther Burbank. The Portrait of Luther Burbank interprets one of the most representative styles of Frida Kahlo’s works "the fertilization of life by death.” The clearest idea of this portrait is that in order to communicate with the plants Luther Burbank had to be a plant. The landscape represents the desolation of the earth where there are not plants, in the background can be appreciated more of Luther Burbank’s creations, also on his hand there is one of his experiments taken …show more content…
One example of this idea is the way Luther Burbank’s corpse is represented. We can appreciate how his skeleton is feeding himself as a tree, and it is not a mystery that our corpses can function as a fertilizer for the soil. The Luther Burbank corpse is incomplete and the roots from the Luther Burbank tree are inside him. The death Luther Burbank is the food that brings life to the tree that will produce food for the people that at their own time will be the food of another tree. In addition, Frida Kahlo’s painting is a symbol of life, the demonstration of how people depends of the plants but also the plants depend from people, what we take from earth we must give it