Essays on Frida Kahlo

When people think of two great painters, Botticelli and Kahlo come to mind. These two painters are known for their incredible artistic skills and the meaning behind their paintings. Botticelli, a male artist, depicts a female in his painting Portrait of a Young Woman. Kahlo’s painting, Portrait with a Necklace and Hummingbird, is a self-portrait….

This painting is a self portrait of Frida Kahlo, in two split personalities. The Two Frida’s was made in 1939. It is oil on canvas, standing at a height of 581/2 square. It is hanging in the Museo de Arte, in Mexico City. There are two Fridas, sitting in adjacent chairs and holding hands, staring…

The time Frida and Diego Rivera were reunited, Diego had already been divorced twice with three children and was involved in various love affairs (Antelo 2013). Diego was considered by many as an unattractive man. He was around six feet and weighed about 300 pounds. Despite his ugliness, Diego had the ability to draw large…

Introduction Frida Kahlo is a revolutionary Latin American artist and is widely known for her paintings. She is very famous for self-portraits, and her paintings are very personal. The intimate and symbolic nature of her paintings made them difficult to contextualize and interpret. The most of her paintings revolve around two major events of her…

Frida Kahlo is one of the best painters who came out of Mexico. Her works were majorly defined by the pain she went through from when she was very young and how she was able to persevere and overcome. When you know much about her life, and how she lived it, going through her paintings…

Born in 1907, Frida Kahlo was an important women in history. She was born into a German-Mexican family where she had a very strong relationship with her father who taught her everything that made her famous in her time period. Her research has helped many people, especially those of her culture with their negative feelings,…

The degradation of women over the course of humanities evolution is a reality many people have become desensitized to. In my artwork I aimed to subtly remind people of the harshness faced by women around the world and how the wounds of suppression can be used as a reason to give in to societal pressures…

This piece composition and color works very well, Kahlo achieved a very close intimacy with her audience through this piece because you can feel the pain she felt during her time making the piece. This piece tells the story of the suffering she was dealing with due to her former husband and this piece was…

Her life can be described as that of a suffering female, a childless woman, and a mistreated. During the course of her life she painted many portraits reflecting her inner emotions. Many people said that she lived dying. Without a doubt, Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was one of the most influential artists of Mexico in the…

Spanish culture is a cornucopia of vibrant colors, intense visuals, and radical figures that have shaped it into a society that is constantly mimicked by its counterparts. Of the aforementioned figures that molded Hispanic culture, the most artistic dynamo can be found in the person of Frida Kahlo. She is the epitome of the style,…