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The artwork was created by Frida Kahlo a Mexican painter most famously known for her self-portraits. The piece reflects Mexican culture. The audience would most likely be those who are interested in self reflection, since the artworks are known for the in depth portrayal of Kahlo herself and aspects of her life. The mode of display is an oil on canvas, with the setting of the piece currently located in the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City. However the work itself portrays "The Two Fridas"…

Entitled Autorretrato con Collar de Espinas (Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird), this is one of the most commonly known paintings of the activist and artist Frida Kahlo. This painting was made in 1940 after Kahlo had split up with her husband of ten years Diego Rivera. It is a self-portrait and depicts Kahlo with a monkey and a black cat on her shoulder, a thorn necklace with a hummingbird attached to it around her neck, butterflies and flower-dragonflies surrounding her hair,…

St. Lidwina St. Lidwina is the patron saint of ice skating, her feast day is April 14. She was born April 18, 1380 and she died April 14, 1433. Her parents were fairly poor and she grew up with eight brothers. I chose to research this saint because I love ice skating, I was very surprised and excited to find that there is actually a patron saint for my favorite sport. Although her story is different than most, she still shows a great example of trusting in God. Around the time she was 15,…

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 year after Frida. At around the age of 6 she contracted polio, which…

Frida Kahlo A woman of difference lies with a horrendous injury in her bed while she paints a soon to be iconic piece. Who is this woman who intimates even the most hyper-masculine man of the early 20th century? Kahlo’s fiery and rebellious spirit shows not only in her paintings but in the trailblazing role that she has on today’s society. Kahlo, while an iconic artist, was also a strong advocate for women, the disabled, and the LGBT community. A Frida Kahlo's art is more than just a set of…

Diego Rivera painted a mural in Mexico illustrating the history of the Mexican people. In 1936, the Great Depression was stalled and the Art project of eight African-American artists developed a cultural group to portray the history of black people in the United States in a Hospital in Harlem. Artist Charles Alston created the year before as part of the Works Progress Administration. Both artists Diego and Charles placed stressed on the influences of…

was born on July 6, 1907. She started painting after she was injured in a bus accident. She painted 143 paintings and 55 are self-portraits, which were from events in her life, from being tense, vibrant, lost and in love. Khalo married the artist Diego Rivera who is a communist. Then she exhibited her paintings in Mexico and Paris, before she died in 1954. From one of Khalos famous art pieces painted in 1939 was called, The Two Fridas (Las dos Fridas), which had a naïve style, and it was an oil…

Aquí está la lista de artistas para el proyecto sobre los artistas. Los artistas son de países diferentes. Quiero que tú busques información sobre cada artista. Primero, encuentra 5 hechos curiosos (facts) y detalles importantes por cada artista. Segundo, corta y pega los links en esta página con los hechos. Oswaldo Guayasamín Guayasamín was born in Quito, Ecuador,to a native father and a Mestiza mother, both of Quichua descent His family was poor and his father worked as a carpenter…

different objects, yet having the same face and sitting on the same bench. The portrait is supposed to represent how she has different personalities. In her diary she writes, how it displays her depression and lonliness with the seperation of her and Diego Rivera. In the painting, the Frida in the white modern gown, is shown with a scissort dripping blood on her dress and cut of her skin to show her heart and veins. The other Frida is in a traditional dress holding the other Fridas hands and are…

jungle to capture her drive and fierceness. Diego was already out of the house for the day, he took a trip into town to gather supplies and inspiration for his next project, a a man and woman from their village carrying flowers in a giant basket. Just a normal day at the Kahlo and Rivera house.…