Coyoacán

Born to a photographer and a housewife, Kahlo grew up in the small, Mexican city of Coyoacán. With no original aspiration to become an artist, a series of unfortunate events would shape and mold her into becoming one of the best surrealists of her time, and arguably ever. What the Water Gave Me (see Appendix A), also known as What I Saw in the Water is one of the most renowned pieces by artist, Frida Kahlo for it’s usage of symbolism which gives the viewer insight into much of Frida’s personal…

little easier to choose two art pieces from her. The chosen pieces were “The Two Fridas” and “The Broken Column” because they truly capture people’s attention and the story behind them pull at this little part of us. On the 6th of July, 1907 in Coyoacan, Mexico City, Mexico, Frida…