Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was a Mexican painter often associated with the European Surrealists as well as with her husband, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. She was noted for her intense autobiographical ...
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Twentieth-century Mexican painter Frida Kahlo often commented, "I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality." Some critics and biographers argue that such a reality was more a surreal nightmare t...
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There is a second meaning to everything that she paints. Frida's life was not like everyone else's. All her life she was filled with physical and emotional pain. She accomplishes most of the things t...
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Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter noted for her intense, brilliantly colored self-portraits painted in a primitivistic style. Though she denied the connection, she is often identified as a Surrealist....
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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 ...
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Frida Kahlo and Joy Hester
During the 1940's and 50's a emergence of strong female artistic influence can be seen using the examples of Joy Hester and Frida Kahlo. While Kahlo was recognised during h...
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"La Columna Rota (The Broken Column)" by Frida Khalo is a powerful and intense self portrait of the horrific accident that had changed her life forever. The composer has chosen to show the persona cha...
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