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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 ...
Dimensions. 91 cm × 70.5 cm (36 in × 27.75 in) Location. Collection of Daniel Filipacchi, Paris. What the Water Gave Me (Lo que el agua me dio in Spanish) is an oil painting by Frida Kahlo that was completed in 1938. It is sometimes referred to as What I Saw in the Water. Frida Kahlo’s What the Water Gave Me has been called her biography.
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 ...
Henry Ford Hospital is a 1932 oil-on-metal painting by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo about her experience of delivering a dead male fetus on 4 July at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, United States, when she was approximately 3 1⁄2 months pregnant. Depictions of childbirth, abortion, or miscarriage are rare in the canon of Western ...
How art became a lifeline for Frida Kahlo . The documentary shows that painting was a cathartic outlet for Kahlo when she was grieving after a miscarriage in 1932.
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 end of her affair with photographer Nickolas Muray.
Sep. 17—Louise Lockwood didn't have to think twice about taking on a project about Frida Kahlo. The director has long been a fan of the cultural icon and her life. "When I first heard of the ...