Frida

Growing up, since I lived in Mexico, I did not have much of interaction with a different race. The majority of the people in my neighborhood had about the same skin tone, some lighter than others. I would only see a difference with people that had indigenous blood. There were a few people with indigenous blood that I met during my childhood and it primarily included my maid and my nanny and her family. When it came to bring a friend home, I had to be very selective. Most parents within my school…

art is named The Two Fridas and was created by Frida Kahlo. It is located in the Museo de Arte Moderno, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, in Mexico City. The style of this piece is a naïve surrealist double self-portrait. The size of this piece is 5 feet and 8 and ½ inches by 5 feet and 8 and ½ inches or 1.74 meters by 1.74 meters. The medium used to create this piece was oil on canvas. This piece was created in 1939. Frida Kahlo was born July 6, 1907 as Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y…

it is most definitely true that this is the most important artist!”, and another might say, “But what about this person?”, and so on. In a discussion similar to the one previously mentioned, it would be ignorant to dismiss Frida Kahlo. So, who was this influential artist? Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter, acknowledged for the many works she created throughout her lifetime. She was an artist who had endured much pain in her life and portrayed her physical and mental suffering through her…

Frida Kahlo was best known for her self-portraits, said to be Mexico's greatest female artists. Kahlo originally wanted to become a doctor but she was involved in a car accident in 1925, which left her as a permanent semi-invalid and infertile. It was during her gradual recovery that she began to start painting to cure her boredom of being bedridden. She had other medical issues, such as a damaged right leg and foot from when she had polio as a young girl. Frida had no training in art, other…

The painting “Self-Portrait on the Border Between Mexico and the United States” by Frida Kahlo represents the sharp contrasts of two neighboring countries. The painting is about a growing industrial United States with the contrast of the falling of Mexico. She paints herself in a pink dress on top of a pedestal in between the countries. The impression on the painting is that the painter is unwelcoming with the new changes. She is Mexican; therefore, her heritage can be seen by the flag. Her…

from their past, whether they were hurt or ecstatic. Like artist Frida Kahlo, in 1944 she painted the painting called The Broken Column. The painting was shortly made after Frida underwent her spinal surgery. Although her whole body is supported by the corset, she is conveying a message of spiritual triumph. She has tears on her face but she looks straight ahead and is challenging both herself and her audience to face her situation. Frida learned even though there's pain in life she’ll still…

till she graduated high school. She then attended the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, or as it is more commonly known: The National Autonomous University of Mexico. Another interesting fact I learned about her family, is that her cousin was Frida Kahlo, whom she would “often…

During the summer all the trees are full of big juice yellow mangos, is quite amazing how they surrounded the city of Valencia; many people just seat on the road eating the mangos that fell from the trees. This is just an example of the little beautiful things that happen in this magical city every day, growing up here was like having new adventures all the time but occasionally life doesn't go as planned. When I was 5 years old my parents already had divorced, which was a confusing time for my…

to be his largest artistic influence. Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter known for her self-portraits. Kahlo's life began and ended in Mexico City, in her home known as "La Casa Azul," the Blue Hous Her work has been celebrated internationally as emblematic of Mexican national and indigenous traditions, and by feminists for its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form. Her work has also been described as surrealist, Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907, in her…

Frida Kahlo, one of the most well reputed, thoroughly studied, and widely influential artists today, has been comprehensively misunderstood and exploited since before she had achieved international notoriety. Kahlo’s relationship with the surrealist movement is complicated; André Breton and his fellow surrealists considered Kahlo’s paintings to be archetypal surrealist works due to their outlandish imagery and fantastic themes, yet Kahlo herself rejected the title and even disdained certain…