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continued to ignite her passion for life and painting. She once said that she was not a surrealist as she never painted dreams but her own reality. It was fascinating to learn the details of her life, from her childhood accident to her marriage to Diego Rivera, thru pictures. She was an amazing artist who endured a lot of pain but kept making art and, when she was well, liked to cook and entertain, go to parties, etc. She painted herself from different periods and emotional states which have…

The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo is a documentary of her life, they talk about all that she went through as a child. Frida Kahlo was an amazing artist but she didn't plan to become one, all her life she wanted to become a doctor, have kids and get married. That all changed one day when she was on a bus and it crashed with another vehicle, and she broke her pelvis,some ribs and her leg. During her time of recovery her father encouraged her to paint, and he bought her paint and a few paint…

La Vida de Una Mujer Distinta Llamada Frida Kahlo “Me pinto a mí misma, porque soy a quien mejor conozco”. “I paint myself because I know who I am best”. Her complete birth name is Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón. Her artistic name is Frida Kahlo and she is well known to also be a feminist icon who is admired. Frida lived to be 47 years old. Her father was a Jew of Hungarian-German descent and her mother was a native born Mexican of Spanish/Indian descent. Religious Beliefs Kahlo’s…

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…

Mary’s Earthly Apparitions Besides the four Marian Dogmas of the Catholic Church, Mary has inspired the lives of millions of people across the world. Mary is the Church’s leading intercessor for prayer, and she considered to be the patroness of humanity. Something truly miraculous that Catholic’s believe in regarding Mary is Marian apparitions. A Marian apparition is a supernatural appearance of the Blessed Mother Mary here on earth. The three most famous accounts of Marian apparitions occurred…

activist who had a very troubling life. She is known for painting about her physical appearance without making herself more beautiful and about very personal matters. During her life she had many health problems and was married twice to the same man, Diego Rivera. Her art was influenced by her beliefs; therefore, she would paint about her personal problems and her political ideas. Along with that her paintings are reflecting her personal issues and, they are also deeply connected to Mexico. For…

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…

depiction of linear perspective with Jesus Christ centered right above the vanishing point. It is truly eye-catching and the symmetry in the painting is near-perfect. While this painting is a clear representation of linear perspective, another artist, Diego Velasquez, had a different style of art. In this painting, Las Meninas represents a very radical interpretation of a portrait. The art practice used was unique in that the main focal point wasn’t King Phillip IV or the royal family,…

the accident. Her full body cast left her completely immobilized and isolated, and so her art became a dominant part of her life, she once said "I paint myself because I am often alone and I am the subject I know best" Kahlo became involved with Diego Rivera in 1928 first as a partnership but later their relationship became much more intimate. They married in 1929 despite the disapproval of Frida’s parents, and were given the nicknames the Elephant and the Dove in regards to their difference in…

reflecting over her body lying on the ground after the accident. The drawing also shows other bus riders laying across the street and the actual bus itself colliding with another street car. Frida Kahlo was married to another famous artist, whose name was Diego Rivera. Rivera was most…