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An artist’s world experience in life can be a major influence on how they create and develop their artworks. Frida Kahlo (born 1907, died 1954), Gordon Bennett (born Australia 1955) and Edvard Munch’s (born in 1863, died 1944, Ådalsbruk, Norway) are all famous artists from different times of the era who express their worlds from all display their extreme experiences and journeys in life throughout their artwork. Frida Kahlo's artwork 'The Miscarriage' made in 1932 displays Kahlo's experience of expecting the birth of her first-born child, but suffered with a miscarriage in Henry ford hospital. She subsequently creates two artworks (lithographs): 'Henry Ford Hospital' and 'The Miscarriage' which conveys the experience of Kahlo's world and how it has influenced her artmaking. 'The Miscarriage' portrays Kahlo mourning her unborn child, her body is split vertically into dark and light halves, as if suggesting a split psyche. The left side is dominated with dividing cells and a male foetus connected to Kahlo by its umbilical cord. The right side displays blood dripping down Kahlo's leg and ending up nourishing the plants, which are recognised to be the eyes, hands and genitals of the foetus, perhaps symbolising a miscarriage being a cycle of life, death and rebirth. This depicts how Kahlo has been influenced by her world experiences which results in influencing her artworks. This conveys how artists connect their own personal experiences in life to their artwork, giving the…

Frida Kahlo, who was born on July 6, 1907, in Coyoacan, Mexico, was a Mexican artist known for self-portraits, which had a deeper meaning. Frida Kahlo used oil, Masonite, and canvas for her self-portrait paintings. She died on July 13, 1954, in Coyoacan, Mexico, due to a pulmonary embolism. The art styles of Frida Kahlo were surrealism and realism. Surrealism is an art form when a painting has unrelated images in a very strange way. Realism is a style of painting are depicted as they are…

Frida Kahlo was born July 6, 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico, and died July 13, 1945 in Coyoacan, Mexico. She is influential in the art community for her vibrant paintings. Most of her paintings are self-portraits of herself because most of her time was spent alone. Frida Kahlo also was part the feminist movement although it wasn’t quite clear if she contributed to the movement. She married her mentor Diego Rivera twice, and she painted him in some of her works. Her bold unibrow, mustache, and being…

First and Foremost, Frida Kahlo is a very great Mexican painter. Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico and passed away on July 13 1954 in Coyoacán, Mexico (“Kahlo Bibliography” 1). Frida Kahlo is mostly known today for her outstanding self-portraits. The majority of Frida Kahlo’s best works were self-portraits (“Kahlo Surrealism” 1). Frida Kahlo suffered much pain throughout her lifetime. At a young age she was struck with Polio and then years later she suffers from major…

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo was born July 6, 1907 in Coyoacan, Mexico. She was famous for painting. Some of her most famous paintings were, still life with parrot and fruit, thinking about death, and many many more. Diego rivera was born December 8, 1886 in Guanajuato, Mexico. She was also a famous muralist. Some of Diego's famous murals were, Man at the crossroads, The flower carrier, the history of Mexico, and much, much more Frida and Diego were married December 8, 1940.…

Her pain became the beacon of beauty. Born in 1907 in Coyoacan, Mexico, three years before the Mexican Revolutionary War broke out. Frida Kahlo grew up with parents that always encouraged her to be artistic. At the age of six, Frida contracted polio, making one leg drastically smaller than the other. This disease remarkably changed her life and influenced her art in many ways. The tragedies in her life became center stage on her paintings. She took her pain and made it into fascinating art. In…

Frida was a considered one of Mexico’s greatest artists. She was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacan, Mexico. Her father was a German descendent and photographer. At the age of six she was stricken with polio, which caused her to limp after recovery. Frida attended the renowned National Preparatory School in Mexico where she met a famous muralist named Diego Rivera. She was one of the few female students to attend the school. On September 17, 1925, Frida and her boyfriend Gómez Arias were riding…

On July 6, 1907, Frida Kahlo, a Mexican-German descent artist, is born as Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderon in the “Blue House” in Coyoacan, Mexico. Frida was very fond of her Mexican heritage and displayed it throughout her life. She even changed her birth year to 1910 to coincide with the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution. In 1922, Frida is one of the few women admitted to a prestigious National Preparatory school in Mexico City to study medicine. (Souter) While she studied there,…

You may have seen her paintings, recognize her because of her unique eyebrows, Frida Kahlo was a Mexican self portrait artist and still admired as a feminist icon. Frida was born in Mexico City on 1907, she began painting after she was severely injured in a bus accident and later became politically active and married Diego Rivera. Frida grew up where she was born, La Casa Azul, in Coyoacan. Her father was a german photographer, she also had two older sisters and her younger sister was born the…

The Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as La Casa Azul, is located in the center of Coyoacan, an old and picturesque neighborhood in the south of Mexico City. La Casa Azul is the place where the famous Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was born, lived and died, becoming a Museum in 1958, four years after her death. Today is one of the most visited museums in Mexico City at national and international level. Each month receives about 25,000 visitors, 45% of them foreign. Frida Kahlo is the most famous…