Frida

Frida Kahlo
(Coyoacán, México, 1907-id., 1954) Pintora mexicana. Aunque se movió en el ambiente de los grandes muralistas mexicanos de su tiempo y compartió sus ideales, Frida Kahlo creó una pintura absolutamente personal, ingenua y profundamente metafórica al mismo tiempo, derivada de su exaltada sensibilidad y de varios acontecimientos que marcaron su vida.
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Frida Kahlo
A los dieciochoaños Frida Kahlo sufrió un gravísimo accidente que la obligó a una larga convalecencia, durante la cual aprendió a pintar, y que influyó con toda probabilidad en la formación del complejo mundo psicológico que se refleja en sus obras. Contrajo matrimonio con el muralista Diego Rivera, tuvo un aborto (1932) que afectó en lo más hondo su delicada sensibilidad y le inspiró dos de sus obras másvaloradas: Henry Ford Hospital y Frida y el aborto, cuya compleja simbología se conoce por las explicaciones de la propia pintora. También son muy apreciados sus autorretratos, así mismo de compleja interpretación: Autorretrato con monos, Las dos Fridas.
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Frida Kahlo - 100 Years
July 6, 1907 - July 13, 1954
This site is dedicated to Mexico's most famous woman painter, Frida Kahlo.Although her life on this earth was brief and quite often turbulent and painful, she left us with a legacy of art that rivals all others. Using her own unique "folkloric" style of painting, Frida painted the diary of her life. Each painting, rather it be a self-portrait or a still life, captures a moment in her life. They reflect the emotions of her turbulent relationship with her husband, the famousmuralist Diego Rivera, the life long physical and emotional pain she endured as a result of a tragic bus accident and her inability to have children. During her life time Frida created some 200 paintings, drawings and sketches related to her experiences in life.
On this website you will find images of her paintings, sketches and drawings, a biography of her life, photographs, a chronology, anessay about her art and a guide to books and films related to Frida Kahlo.
This site was created for information and educational purposes only. It is not for profit and financed solely by its creator. If you have any questions or comments regarding this site, email me (Mike).

Frida Kahlo
Brief Biography

Frida Kahlo was born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon in Coyoacan, Mexico July 6th,1907. She was one of four daughters born to a Hungarian-Jewish father and a mother of Spanish and Mexican Indian descent. She did not originally plan to become an artist. A survivor of polio, she entered a pre-med program in Mexico City. At the age of 18, she was seriously injured in a bus accident. She spent over a year in bed recovering from fractures to her spine, collarbone and ribs, ashattered pelvis, and shoulder and foot injuries. She endured more than 30 operations in her lifetime, and during her convalescence she began to paint. Her paintings, mostly self-portraits and still life, were deliberately naïve, and filled with the colors and forms of Mexican folk art. At 22, she married the famous Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, 20 years her senior. Their stormy, passionate relationshipsurvived infidelities, the pressures of careers, divorce, remarriage, Frida's lesbian affairs, her poor health and her inability to have children. Frida once said: "I suffered two grave accidents in my life…One in which a streetcar knocked me down and the other was Diego."

During her lifetime, Frida created some 200 paintings, drawings and sketches related to her experiences in life, physicaland emotional pain and her turbulent relationship with Diego. She produced 143 paintings, 55 of which are self-portraits. When asked why she painted so many self-portraits, Frida replied:

"Because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best."

In 1953, when Frida Kahlo had her first solo exhibition in Mexico (the only one held in her native country during her lifetime), a local...