THE LIFE OF FRIDA KAHLO F R I

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SELF PORTRAIT WITH BRAID Kahlo was an artist with much hardship and featured depression. After visiting a divorce with Diego Rivera she cut her hair off to demonstrate the reformation of femininity. Once they remarried however she painting this portrait of how her hair would be back once again. She used the grey and sad colors to point out her sad emotion at the time.

KAHLO’S STUDIES AND INJURIES In 1922, she entered the National Preparatory School where she met Diego Rivera, her future Husband. She also associated herself with a man called Alejandro Gomez Arias, seen in the portrait to the left. In 1925, however the two got in a horrible bus accident in which Kahlo was hit by a steel handrail. This injury effected the ability for her to conceive children. While in the Red Cross Hospital in Mexico City she finished the painting of her and Arias. Shown to the left is her in a wheelchair in relation to her lover at the time.

THE AFTERMATH After the serious accident, Kahlo continued to express herself through painting. Many of which are her and her pets. She channeled her energy towards the birds, dogs, and monkeys that lived with her in her blue house in Mexico. She portrayed the monkeys as tender and protective beings. She even named her monkeys, Fulang Chang and Caimito de Guayabal.

HARDSHIPS Kahlo traveled around the world meeting new artists and creating more paintings. Once she lived in Paris, meeting artist such as Pablo Picasso and Marcel Dachamp. She also let go of her rough relationship with Diego Rivera. In 1939 she made The Two Frida’s. It shows two of her side by side. One that has the white dress with blood and torn heart, next to another intact Frida , free of spirit and a bold dress. One is to be believed to be the unloved Frida and the other is the loved Frida.

MORE HARDSHIPS A constant theme of Frida’s life is suffering. The nails stuck in her face and whole body, in addition to the splitting of her body down her spine. The Broken Column is the pain she felt her whole life and her surgeries. Yet it shows her beauty and strength that she has from her facial expression and breasts. The spiritual strength came through despite tears on her face.

DIEGO RIVERA The love that went back and forth between Frida and Diego was rough and motivated much of Frida’s artwork. Frieda and Diego Rivera was shown in the Sixth Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Society of Women Artists. The art was shown in New York City. Both were respected artists and went through hardships together. One being a miscarriage in 1934. They also joined together for the Soviet communist which Frida has affairs with.

TRIBUTE TO FRIDA KAHLO

REFLECTION Frida Kahlo is a well respected Hispanic artist. She went through many hardships and expressed it through her artwork. Throughout my research I learned new things about her and the meaning behind her vivid master pieces. This powerpoint provides an insight to the wonderful life and journey this eccentric female master artist during the 20 th century.

SOURCES http: //mexicoart. org/category/frida-kahlo/ http: //www. biography. com/#!/people/frida-kahlo 9359496#synopsis http: //www. fridakahlo. org/the-broken-column. jsp