Introduction There are few artists whose artistic style is as distinctive or easily recognizable as that of the renowned Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954). Kahlo had an extraordinarily prolific artistic career‚ producing an insurmountable amount of self-portraits that manage to blend somewhat simplistic compositions and techniques with complex subjects and emotional themes. Much of Kahlo’s work has often been categorized as being surrealist in nature. But while her work may exhibit fantastical
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Frida Kahlo was born on July 6‚ 1907‚ as Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón. Three years after Kahlo’s birth the Mexican Revolution began. This was a major event in Mexican history as well as an influence on much of Kahlo’s art. She was a surrealist painter which means that she expressed her deepest feelings and thoughts through her paintings. The public viewed her as a high spirited yet rebellious woman who liked to paint what she knew. Her daily life was reflected into most if not all of her
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Jose Guadalupe PosadaJose Guadalupe Posada is one of the most celebrated popular artists of the Americas. He greatly influenced the generation of Orozco and Rivera‚ who both admitted in Posada ’s time to admiring and following this notable famous artist. Over his lifetime‚ Posada is said to have created over 20‚000 original prints and in fact prints are often called posadas after him. Posada is in the distinguished tradition of cartoonists who double as political and social commentators. Posada
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fine arts were largely in imitation of European traditions. After the Mexican Revolution‚ a new generation of Mexican artists led a vibrant national movement that incorporated political‚ historic‚ and folk themes in their work. The painters Diego Rivera‚ José Clemente Orozco‚ and David Alfaro Siqueiros became world famous for their grand scale murals‚ often displaying clear social messages. Rufino Tamayo and Frida Kahlo produced more personal works with abstract elements. The literature of
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Frida Kahlo and Surrealism According to the author Frida Kahlo wanted to be regarded as an original‚ but her works of art intertwined with what Andre Breton defined as surrealism‚ it was only until he went to Mexico and labeled her as a surrealist that she acknowledged the fact. Frida was aware of the fact that the tag of surrealist would bring her to crtical acclaim‚ and had no doubts about her paintings being surrealistic. The author states that Frida’s surrealism served both a personal and a
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developments‚ and subsequent resolutions. She endured many tragic events including acquiring Polio‚ a debilatating accident‚ an unfaithful marriage‚ and a slow‚ painful death. Her career as an artist was overshadowed by the success of her husband‚ Diego Rivera‚ and never given significant attention until the Feminist movement in the sixties‚ after her death. Stylistically‚ Frida’s paintings seem to follow the Surrealist movement‚ however‚ she was never acknowledged as an official member. André Breton
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and dominance were still apparent in the way that Frida was viewed by American media. In 1933‚ Frida and Diego Rivera came to Detroit in order for Diego to work on a mural project there. The Detroit news published an article on Frida’s art and relationship with the more famous Rivera titled “Wife of the Master Mural Painter Cheerfully Dabbles in Works of Art”‚ which‚ though both Frida and Diego were artists‚ places value in Diego’s work over Frida’s. This affirms the idea that she is below her husband
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The concept of duality can be clearly seen in several artists’ artwork. Although‚ the particular artists’ being focused on are Frida Kahlo and Del Kathryn Barton. These artists’ have utilised the concept of duality to enhance the meaning of their works. Frida Kahlo‚ Mexican’s most famous female painter incorporated pain and passion into her original and intimate art. On the other hand‚ Del Kathryn Barton‚ explores the vital dualities of the human psyche. There is a strong connection between Kahlo
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Mexican-Americans but they also sculpted‚ painted‚ sang and danced to form a cultural identity unique and distinctly their own. Mainly focusing on Southern California during the 1940’s to the present‚ Chicano Art took its roots from Mexican painters like Rivera‚ Siqueiros‚ and Viramontes. The struggle for a Chicano identity‚ one that was not instilled by the dominating Anglo community‚ was the goal of muralists and painters alike. It was this search for identity that led to the Chicano Movement. By comparing
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movement’s influence subsequently spread throughout North America‚ acting as the primary inspiration for the Works Progress Administration’s art movement of 1940s America‚ which sought to employ artists through government patronage. Leading artist Diego Rivera in fact was commissioned by
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