Frida self-portrait, 1929
Frida Kahlo was a famous Mexican female painter from 6 July 1907 to 13 July 1954; after an accident in her youth, Frida Kahlo decided to become a painter. In 1929, Carlo married the then-highly publicized Mexican artist Diego Rivera, and their marriage created the opportunity for Carlo to become a banner of the Mexican Renaissance and one of the key figures in the American art world.
Fawn, 1946
Carlo's iconic face, which appears in more than 50 extraordinary self-portraits, has been revered by generations. Hundreds of photographs taken for Carlo by famous photographers such as Edward Weston, Manuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, Martin Munkácsi and Nickolas Muray have also made her one of the most iconic symbols of 20th-century art history.
Self-Portrait with a Portrait of Dr. Fariel, 1951
Frida was born on July 6, 1907, in the Coyote district of Mexico City. She grew up beautiful, with sculptural features, two eyebrows like the wings of a bird, and a pair of large, dark eyes underneath. Frida contracted polio at the age of 7, causing her right leg to shrink and limp, so she wrapped her body in a long skirt all her life, which became her distinctive dress. She did not have the slightest lack of self-confidence, her strong personality was deeply loved by her father, she practiced boxing, wrestling, etc., to resist the ridicule of the outside world and her own loneliness.
Frida Kahlo House Blue House
Still life, 1953/54
Diego Rivera is watching Frida Carroll paint a self-portrait at the Detroit Institute of Art, 1932
Frida self-portrait, 1945
When andré Breton, the leader of the Surrealist genre, came to Mexico and saw Frida's work, he said that Frida was the real Mexican artist, and she thought that she did not know what the Surrealist movement was, but she was so handy and natural in using the Surrealist technique. Frida does not follow the rules of painting, often boldly blending various elements and traditional painting methods, so it is self-evident that Breton classifies her works as surrealist works. However, Frida never admitted to being a surrealist painter, emphasizing that she painted her own reality, but she did become famous for her surrealist expression.
Grandparents, Parents and Me, 1936
Frida self-portrait, 1948
Frida and Diego Rivera, 1931
Self-Portrait on the Border between Mexico and the United States, 1932
Two Fridas, 1939
Self-Portrait with a Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940
Self-Portrait in a Red Velvet Dress, 1926
Self-Portrait in Homage to Leon Tolodsky, 1937
Self-Portrait to Dr. Elosser, 1940
Her self-portraits have provided a steady stream of inspiration to fashion photographers and have appeared in VOGUE magazine, the world's premier magazine.
Art and fashion can learn from each other, and in the same way, art and life are inseparable. Much of Frida's work depicts her own story:
Self-Portrait with a Monkey
"Diego in My Mind"
Roots
Self-Portrait of a Haircut
Frida created nearly 200 works of art in her lifetime, and a third of them were self-portraits, depicting herself again and again, making herself a secular saint, immersed in symbols and totems. She uses a paintbrush to depict her real and cruel life, without fear of revealing her privacy, breaking taboos, shocking the world, just to express her truest self...
In frida's short life, her fame crossed the Mexican border, and she was a pioneer of feminists. Because of these artistically valuable paintings, she is regarded as a jewel of Mexican art, and people even print her head on paper money.
Frida's head on a mexican five-hundred peso note
The autobiographical painter's entire artistic achievement can be summed up in charming femininity; a tortuous and varied life; numerous paintings that embody her keen and intuitive experience of life.