FRIDA

KAHLO.
Names: Catalina Encina
Mara Gutirrez
INTRODUCTION.
Magdalena Carmen
Frieda Kahlo Calderon
was born in Coyoacan,
Mexico, on July 6, 1907.
She was a Mexican
painter and poet,
married with the famous
Mexican muralist Diego
Rivera.
She was the third of four
daughters of Guillermo
Kahlo and Matilde
Calderon.
Her life was marked by
tragedy; she
contracted polio,
which permanently
affected the use of
her right leg, and a
serious accident in her
youth that kept her
bedridden for long
periods, which led her
to undergo 32
surgeries.
During her recovery
from the accident it
was when Frida
began to paint.
HER WORK.
Both critics and biographers
agree that any attempt to
separate the personal life of
Frida's work is almost
impossible after analyzing
the thematic, the symbolism
and even the technique of
the work of the artist.
Frida created at least 200
works, of which 55 are self-
portraits, and some are with
her pets.
Her work is
characterized by
a popular theme
with a synthesis
of expressionist
and surrealist
elements, but
Kahlo said this
didnt
correspond to
her art since she
never painted
dreams, she
painted her own
reality.
FEMINISM
SYMBOL
In the society of her time,
women played a role
subordinate to the
male. Frida embodied
a new type of woman:
self-sufficient, strong
and with androgynous
sex characteristics.
Frida adopted
masculine traits and
attitudes.
She represented
herself in her work
with masculine
traits, exaggerating
her eyebrows and
mustache.
She was one of those
who contributed to
the formation of a
new kind of identity
for women and is
recognized today
as a symbol.
LAST YEARS AND DEATH.
In 1953 Frida's health was
badly damaged.
That same year she had to
amputate one of her legs for
a gangrene infection. This
plunged her into a deep
depression that led her to
attempt suicide on a couple
of occasions.
During that time she wrote
poems in her diaries, most
related to pain and suffering.
Finally, Frida Kahlo died
in Coyoacan on July
13, 1954 at the Blue
House.
No autopsy was
performed.
Her remains were
guarded in the Palace
of Fine Arts in Mexico
City.
Her body was
cremated and her
ashes are preserved in
the Blue House.
LA CASA AZUL.
La Casa Azul (The Blue House)today is Frida Kahlo Museum in
Coyoacan.
Frida was born, raised and spent much of her life there. After
the death of Frida, the house was donated by Diego Rivera
and since 1957 is a museum which houses objects of her life
and is a popular destination for tourists.
Her last painting is
exhibited in the Frida
Kahlo Museum.
This is an oil painting
showing various cuts
of watermelons in very
bright colors. In one of
these pieces can be
read 'VIVA LA VIDA.
Coyoacan 1954,
Mexico ".
The last words in her
diary were: "I hope
the exit is joyful and I
hope never to return".
Between the paintings that
make Frida's work, some of
the most famous are The
Two Fridas, Viva la Vida, A
Few Small Nips and Diego
in my thought.
During her lifetime, Frida
performed three
exhibitions: one in New
York, another in the Gallery
of Lola Alvarez Bravo,
Mexico, and one in Paris.
In Mexico, Frida received the
National Prize for Painting.
However, her work
achieved fame and true
international recognition
after her death, especially
since the 1970s.
Today her work has been
placed in an important
position in the art market.
Her paintings are in
numerous private
collections in Mexico,
Europe and the United
States.
CONCLUSION.
Frida Kahlo was an artist who
knew how to cope with
serious illnesses and
accidents throughout her life
and was able to reflect all
their emotions and feelings in
her work.
Until this day, the youth takes
Frida Kahlo as a role model
for her strength, courage,
originality, revolutionary
mind, convictions and
feminism that characterized
it until the day of his death.
 THE END .