Frida Kahlo: A Mexican Surrealist Artist
Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist, famous for her self-reflective, Surrealist paintings. She was born in 1907 and died from pneumonia and other complications in 1954 at the mere age of forty-seven. Frida was the daughter of Guillermo Kahlo, a Hungarian Jew and notable Mexican photographer, and Matilde Calderon, who was of Spanish and Indian descent (Taschen, 7). Although Guillermo had two daughters from a previous marriage, Frida was the first daughter to be born to he and his second wife, Matilde.
Frida's mother became pregnant again very soon after Frida's birth and was therefore unable to nurse Frida. Because of this, Frida had a wet nurse and never felt truly connected to her mother (Herrera, 14). On the other hand, Frida was extremely close with her father. In fact, her father viewed her as his favorite child (Herrera, 18). They spent a great deal of time together, during which Guillermo taught Frida how to retouch photographs. Frida also accompanied her father on many of his photo shots (Herrera, 21).
Frida contracted polio at the age of seven which consequently held her back a year in school and left her with an atrophied leg. [See http://www.cascade.net/kahlo. html] As a means of protecting herself from being made fun of for her unhealthy leg, Frida became eccentric and played mainly with boys (Herrera, 29). In fact, was a part of a group nicknamed the "Cachuchas" which consisted of seven boys and only two girls (Herrera, 31). Additionally, Frida developed an imaginary friend who was able to dance rather than limp as Frida often did. This imaginary friend became a confidant with whom Frida shared her "secret problems (Herrera, 29)."
Frida entered the National Preparato...
... middle of paper ...
...t thoughts to the public, Frida opened up a new domain of art, just as Sigmund Freud was able to do in the domain of psychology. She was truly a creative individual.
Works Cited
Aragon, Luis Cardozay. Mexican Art Today. Fondo De Cultura Economica, Mexico, 1996.
Cooey, Paula M. Religious Imagination and the Body. Oxford University Press, New York, 1994.
Gardner, Howard. Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity. HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., New York, 1993.
Herrera, Hayden. Frida Kahlo: The Paintings. HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., New York, 1991.
Kahlo, Frida. The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1995.
Taschen, Benedikt. Frida Kahlo: Pain and Passion. Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1992.
Tibol, Raquel. Frida Kahlo: An Open Life. University of New Mexico Press. Mexico, 1993.
Block and Hoffman-Jeep’s journal article served as the inspiration for the thesis concerning Frida Kahlo’s fashion and persona as opposed to the one crafter by mass media, imperialist magazine producers. Due to the in depth analysis of photos taken of Frida through the 1930s, and analysis of her paintings which portray Frida between America and Mexico shows the influential imaginary wall between American culture and Mexican Culture; and the divergence in historic paths. While Mexican politics have experienced a large amount of turmoil throughout history, Frida was
Frida Kahlo nació el 6 de Julio 1907 en la ciudad de México. Ella les dijo a muchas personas que nació el 7 de Julio 1910 porque quiso parecer más joven a los otros. Aunque sus padres fueron judíos, Frida nació en México. Frida fue una artista surrealista y sus obras vió de sus emociones de la tristexa y la cólera de su vida. Ella le encantó decir los chistes, reír, y sonreír. Frida Kahlo llevó las ropas de la cultura tradicional de México porque pensó que las ropas fueran una forma del arte. Todo el mundo admiró mucho a Frida, a causa de sus obras y su actitud.
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera were a couple that inspired each other. Even after many years, people still consider them to be two of the most important Mexican painters of time. Each however had their own approach to painting and to finding success with their art work. They also had strong political opinions that would identify them with their native Mexico. Their love of Mexico’s working class and their desire to instigate political change kept them active throughout the years. After marrying each other they decided to focus even more in their art. Rivera and Kahlo moved to the United States for three years. As reported in the article Don Quijote “since Americans had taken a new interest in the Mexican mural movement. Rivera worked on commissioned murals in San Francisco, Detroit and New York. While he worked on these pieces, Kahlo busied herself in the shadows of the limelight creating much smaller paintings charged with a much more intimate expression”. Diego Rivera was not only Kahlo’s husband but also a big supported. He was the one that introduced her to the art community of New York and Mexico as he believed that Kahlo was the greatest mexican artist at that
Frida Kahlo was an amazing woman whose many tragedies influenced her to put her stories into her paintings. She was born in July 6th 1907 to a Mexican Roman Catholic mother who was of Indian and Spanish decent and a German photographer father. Frida had three sisters, Mitilde and Adriana, who were older and Christina who was younger. She learned about Mexican history, art and architecture by looking at her father’s photography. When Frida was six she got polio and it was a long time before she would heal completely. After surviving polio, Frida’s right leg became weak and thin, so her father encouraged her to play sports to help her.
Thesis Statement: I want to share the Life of Frida Kahlo that led to her recognition as an Iconic artist even today.
Zermeno, Rogelio I. Ortiz, Frida Kahlo: An Essay by Rogelio I. Ortiz Zermeno, URL #
Fuentes, C. (1995). The Diary of Frida Kahlo An Intimate Self-Portrait. New York: A Times Mirror Company.
André Breton wrote: "There is no art more exclusively feminine, in the sense that, in order to be as seductive as possible, it is only too willing to play alternately at being absolutely pure and absolutely pernicious. The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon about a bomb" (Herrera, 1983). Frida Kahlo has the most famous and conspicuous self portraits in the world today. Her paintings were highly controversial and caught the attention of the common people, art lovers and critics from art professionals. However, it was not until the publishing to Hayden Herrera biography Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo in 1983 that drew the eyes of most people to Frida’s art. Frida’s portrait of her own body was the central piece of her art. According to Frida in Mexico out of the 143 completed portraits of Frida, 55 of them were self portraits and the rest were representation of her self identity as a Mexican woman. Most people were captivated by her life stories and how she reflected them in her portraits.
Born in 1910, Frida was a woman that was not about preserving young beauty. She loved to acquaint herself with Mexico, where she was born. Being a great painter, she loved to paint pictures of herself. A quote by her is as follows “I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best”. In other words, she can paint and feel free, because she knows herself well and can paint the
To many of her biographers and admirers she is simply referred to as Frida, an artist who self-consciously chose the practice of art as a means of survival and self-expression, while always referencing the political and cultural complexities that surrounded her life. Many of Kahlo’s paintings correspond to her passion for nationalism and the search for la ‘mexicanidad’ (Mexicanness; the unchanging philosophical essence of the Mexican). (Devouring Frida-94) As Kahlo’s life and work are studied under various cultural lenses, it is always apparent that her art and specific political views are based on the assertion that she embraced her Hispanic heritage and culture.
Born July 6, 1097, in Coyocoan, Mexico City, Mexico. Considered one of Mexico’s greatest artists, Frida Kahlo began painting after she was severely injured in a bus accident.
Frida Kahlo is known for the most influential Latin American female artist. She is also known as a rebellious feminist. Kahlo was inspired to paint after her near-death bus incident when she was 17. After this horrendous incident that scarred her for life, she went under 35 different operations. These operations caused her extreme pain and she was no longer able to have kids. Kahlo’s art includes self portraits of her emotions, pain, and representations of her life. Frida Kahlo was an original individual, not only in her artwork but also in her
Through Frida Kahlo’s extensive self-portrait pieces, audiences are able to view her life in an almost biographical way. Each portrait conveys deep emotion and meaning, and carry a story which Kahlo has experienced. Her self-portraits are very personal, and overall show just how tragic her life had been.
One of the most substantial problems in the world today is global warming. This gradual warming of the earth is in occurrence at an extremely slow rate but it is happening. Many scientists believe that as human’s work and release greenhouse gases into the earth’s atmosphere, it can become dangerous for the long lasting life of humans and our environment. “Unless we take immediate action, the impacts of global warming will continue to intensify, grow ever more costly and damaging, and increasingly affect the entire planet - including you, your community, and your family” (“Global Warming Impacts”). Everyone should be knowledgeable about global warming and the dangers that it brings to our planet. This essay will examine
To read a signal in an oscilloscope it includes the following steps: voltage measurements, time and frequency measurements, pulse and rise measurements and phase shifts.