FRIDA

Frida Kahlo Surre-alista?

"I paint flowers so they will not die."

"Pain, pleasure and death are no more than a process for existence. The revolutionary struggle in this process is a doorway open to intelligence."

"I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint."

"I hope the leaving is joyful and I hope never to return."

"I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality."

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"Pain, pleasure and death are no more than a process for existence. The revolutionary struggle in this process is a doorway open to intelligence."

"I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better."

"Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?"

"Self-Portrait in a Velvet Dress"

Frida Kahlo, the Mexican artist, was known for her powerful and inspiring words. Here are some of her most famous quotes:

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This early self-portrait depicts Kahlo in a formal dress, reflecting her desire to be seen as sophisticated and refined.

Frida Kahlo pintó su Autorretrato con traje de terciopelo en 1926

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"Self-Portrait in a Velvet Dress" (1926)

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The Mexican government asked Kahlo to take photographs of Mexico's historic buildings and landscapes. For about four years he traveled throughout Mexico and took hundreds of photographs. Frida grew up looking at her father's photographs. The photos helped him learn about the history, art, and architecture of Mexico.

It turned out that Guillermo Kahlo was a very good photographer and he was very successful.

Carl Wilhelm Kahlo (1871-1941)

Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico. Her father was Guillermo Kahlo. He had immigrated to Mexico from Germany in 1891. Her mother was Matilde Calderón y González. She was Mexican, and her family was of American Indian and Spanish descent.”

Frida, who told us so much about herself through her paintings, has also left a deep impression on our minds with her singular appearance and unique style.

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In this self-portrait, Kahlo has cast off the feminine attributes with which she often depicted herself—such as traditional embroidered Tehuana dresses or flowers in her hair—and instead sports a loose-fitting man’s suit and short-clipped haircut. This androgynous persona may refer to Kahlo’s own bisexuality.

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"I paint self-portaits because I am so often alone." Kahlo

Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair (1940)

This portrait shows Frida's two different personalities. One is the traditional Frida in Tehuana costume, with a broken heart, sitting next to an independent, modern dressed Frida. In 1947, this painting was acquired by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Institute of Fine Arts) in Mexico City. The purchase price was 4,000 Pesos

Expressed her desperation and loneliness with the separation from Diego.

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The Two Fridas (1939)

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Just in the first few weeks, away from her family and her husband, on July 4 she will suffer a slow and traumatic spontaneous abortion. In this work, the artist exposes herself in complete loss, "floating" in the scene above the bed at Henry Ford Hospital

Mi cuerpo desnudo en “Gringolandia”.

Henry Ford Hospital o La cama volando

In this painting, the head of Frida, which is frightening large, is getting out of the mother's womb. There is a puddle of blood under the mother's body which might be a hint of Frida's own experience.is the first in a series of paintings depicting her major life events.

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She painted a rather taboo scene of a shrouded woman giving birth.

My Birth, 1932

Was painted by Frida Kahlo in 1940. Although this painting has a small size (about 16x24), it draws lots of interest, since it contains so many aspects which are symbolic to Frida Kahlo. In this portrait, Frida Kahlo faces the viewer with a background of large green leaves and a yellow leaf right behind her. The thorns are around her neck like a necklace which is held by a black monkey. Her neck is bleeding from the piercing thorns. On the right side behind her shoulder is a black cat. A hummingbird is hanging on the thorn which knots around her throat. Her expression is calm and solemn. It also seems she is patiently enduring the pain.

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Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940)

Here Kahlo wears a headdress from Tehuantepec, in the state of Oaxaca. The starched lace folds that encircle her face draw attention to a portrait of Diego centered on her forehead, but is his presence a burden or an inspiration for her? Considering that Diego often suggested his wife dress in Tehuana attire to proclaim her mexicanidad, which held both cultural and political significance, the answer could be both.

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Diego in My Thoughts (1943)

In this painting, Frida used a young deer with the head of herself and was fatally wounded by a bunch of arrows. The background is the forest with dead trees and broken branches, which implied the feeling of fear and desperation. Far away is the stormy, lightning-lit sky which brings some hope but the dear will never be able to reach it. In 1946 Frida Kahlo had an operation on her spine in New York. She was hoping this surgery would free her from the severe back pain but it failed.

The Little Deer (1946)