on My Mind” by Frida Kahlo Natashia Brown March 1‚ 2011 Art Appreciation ART 1131 [pic] Frida Kahlo was an artist who suffered a tragedy the age of 18 that forced her to give up her dreams and aspirations of becoming a doctor. She was involved in a bus accident that left her debilitated and broken. Throughout the course of her life she was in constant pain not only because of the accident‚ but because of her husband Diego Rivera. Diego was 20 years older than Frida‚ but she referred
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Viva La Vida! Frida Kahlo was considered one of Mexico’s greatest artists. Born to a supportive father and revolutionary mother‚ the seeds of radical change were already being planted in Frida. She began painting after she was severely injured in a bus accident. Kahlo later became politically active and married fellow communist artist Diego Rivera in 1929. She died in Mexico at the age of 47 in 1954. Artist Frida Kahlo was born in Coyocoán‚ Mexico City‚ Mexico on
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Frida Kahlo de Rivera (July 6‚ 1907 – July 13‚ 1954; Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón) was a Mexican painter‚ born in Coyoacán. Perhaps best known for her self-portraits‚ Kahlo’s work is remembered for its "pain and passion"‚ and its intense‚ vibrant colors. Her work has been celebrated in Mexico as emblematic of national and indigenous tradition‚ and by feminists for its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form. Mexican culture and Amerindian cultural tradition figure
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: READING 1 – FRIDA KAHLO : TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS QUESTION 1: How do you think painting help Frida Kahlo with her problem? ANSWER: From my view of humanisation‚ painting helps Frida Kahlo so much. It is because only from painting will make her continues her hope about her life after turning point of her life made her really uncapable to do anything else such as to be one of the successful doctor only building the castle in the air. From her painting make her more sensitive
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Frida Kahlo an inspiring woman that from behind all the beauty there was pain and suffering but despite of that she never gave up and used it as a motivation to make herself better everyday. Painter Frida Kahlo was a mexican self portrait who was admired as a feminist icon. Artist Frida Kahlo was born on July‚ 6‚ 1907‚ in Coyoacan‚ Mexico City. Still considered one of Mexico’s greatest artist who began painting after a severe bus accident. She also suffered from polio and it was said she also suffered
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I selected Frida Kahlo “Tree of Life” as my selected painting. I have chosen this because it really is one of meaningful picture which express suffering and hope. At first when I saw this painting I wasn’t aware about anything of the author or the painting. So I thought I will surf through to find something more informative about why the artist had painted this picture and in which situation it has been painted. So before I start let me give a few introduction about the artist and what he convey
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Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderón‚ or Frida Kahlo‚ was a painter born in Mexico in 1907 and died in 1954. Her father was German and her mother was Mexican Indian. From her childhood‚ she was diagnosed with polio‚ a disease that infects the spine‚ and the disease left her right leg distorted. At 18‚ returning from her art school‚ the bus she was riding in hit a tram and an iron bar pierced her abdomen/pelvis area. Her legs and vertebrae suffered serious damage. The accident was a turning point
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Frida Kahlo was a Mexican surrealist artist born on July 6th 1907‚ in Coyoacán‚ Mexico. Kahlo is best known for her self-portraits that were usually created with the purpose of depicting her physical and mental struggles. Kahlo is also known as one of the first feminist icons. Her unconventional characteristic and behaviour‚ that would have been seen as rebellious in the early 1900’s‚ inspired countless other female artists and influenced feminist movements around the world. One of the most significant
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o Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo was born on July 6th‚ 1907‚ Coyoacán‚ Mexico City‚ Mexico in her father’s beloved ‘Blue House.1’ She died at the age of 47 in her beloved blue house on Tuesday‚ July 13th‚ 1954. Frida Kahlo is one of Mexico’s most famous artists and represents resilience and strength. She was a surrealist and her artwork reflected visual honesty. Due to her weak and fragile body after her accident she went through 30 operations on her spine and made constant visits to the hospital. In
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Frida Kahlo was born in Coyoacan on July sixth 1907. She was contracted polio at an extremely youthful age‚ that left her right foot handicapped. In September 1926 the incident occurred‚ from school when she was returning back home‚ she was gotten on a despicable misfortune on the transport that she was riding in. Within this time‚ it was that she took the paintbrush to keep herself diverted from the candor and pain of her condition. At that point she was a given a mirror by her folks‚ so she could
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