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Signature. Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón[ a ] (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfɾiða ˈkalo]; 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954 [ 1 ]) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to ...
Her take on life and spirituality sparked a connection between her paintings and her viewers, many of whom remain passionate admirers of her work on the 70th anniversary of her death. One of the ...
61.2 cm × 47 cm (24.11 in × 18.5 in) Location. Harry Ransom Center, Austin. Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (Autorretrato con Collar de Espinas) is a 1940 self-portrait by Mexican painter Frida Kahlo which also includes a black cat, a monkey, and two dragonflies. It was painted after Kahlo's divorce from Diego Rivera and the ...
Frida Kahlo Museum, Coyoacán, Mexico. 1943. Diego in My Thoughts (Thinking of Diego) (Self-Portrait as a Tehuana) Diego en mi pensamiento (Pensando en Diego) (Autorretrato como Tehuana) Oil on masonite, 76 x 61 cm [ 12 ] Collection of Jacques & Natasha Gelman, Mexico City, Mexico [ 12 ] 1943. Flower of Life.
“Diego and I” is the perfect example. Painted by Kahlo in 1949, it sold for $34.9 million at Sotheby’s in New York in 2021, an auction record for a work by a Latin American artist. In the painting, Kahlo’s expression is serene despite the tears falling from her eyes. Rivera’s face is on her forehead.
Like many artists, Frida Kahlo has achieved cult-like fans since her untimely death at the age of 47. Her artwork, in addition to her trademark unibrow have become iconic images that are ...
Location. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky, also known as Between the Curtains, is a 1937 painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, given to Leon Trotsky on his birthday and the 20th anniversary of the October Revolution. Kahlo and her husband, artist Diego Rivera, had convinced ...
Frida Kahlo used her own experiences to inform her art. In that spirit, Kahlo’s personal writings are used to help tell the story of her life in a new documentary, “Frida.” Filmmaker Carla ...