Frida Kahlo was born on July 6th, 1907 in Mexico. Although she had dreams of becoming an intelligent young doctor, she turned to painting after a traumatic accident that left her damaged both physically and mentally. Her paintings, with their deep and riveting meanings, were left even after her death to enter the lives of those who had not yet seen them. She was, and still is seen today, one of the greatest painters in all of the spanish and english culture. Frida grew up in her family home with her parents and three siblings, Matilde, Adriana, and Christina. The house later become known to us as the Blue House or Casa Azul. On September 17th, 1925, Frida was on a trolley bus and got into an accident leaving her paralyzed with a fractured
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A month after their divorce, Frida painted this self portrait, called “Self portrait with Cropped Hair”, after she cut all of her hair off. The lyrics at the top of the picture say, “Look, if I loved you it was because of you hair. Now that you are without hair, I don’t love you anymore.” Since Diego loved her long hair so much, she cut all of it off. Even though she painted this a month after her divorce, they got back together a year after.
This painting, called the “Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird”, was one of the 55 self portraits she painted. This painting was also painted because of her divorce. In this painting, Frida is wearing a thorn necklace. You can see blood dripping down her neck as the thorns in her neck get deeper. There are also three figures in this picture, a monkey, cat and a hummingbird. The hummingbird symbolizes hope and freedom, it is hanging lifelessly from her thorn necklace. The flowers on her head may be symbolizing her own personal …show more content…
By simply gazing at this painting, the first things noticeable are the characters it features; a black peasant man in white and, most likely, his wife in the red. It features him attempting to lift the weight of the flowers on his hands and knees with the support of his wife. The theme that comes to mind is that although the reader is able to see the flowers beauty, the man in the painting cannot, simply because he is more focused on lifting the weight rather than becoming mesmerized by the colors and feeling of the flowers. Because we are not lifting the weight, but simply admiring, it is easier for us to see the beauty in it rather than to fell all the hard work that is done to create that one thing. Another noticeable detail concerning the characters in the painting is the size. The man seems to be relatively smaller than the woman behind him, and he is the one that is being forced to carry the big basket of flowers.
“Agrarian Leader Zapata” was created in 1931 and dedicated to Emiliano Zapata (the first man in the white touching the horse) and all of the peasant farm workers that followed him during his revolt (the men behind him carrying the shovels). Underneath the horse is a dead body, believed to be the body of a man who was in control of Zapata and the other workers. The portrayal of his death in this painting leaves Zapata and the other men looking
A month after their divorce, Frida painted this self portrait, called “Self portrait with Cropped Hair”, after she cut all of her hair off. The lyrics at the top of the picture say, “Look, if I loved you it was because of you hair. Now that you are without hair, I don’t love you anymore.” Since Diego loved her long hair so much, she cut all of it off. Even though she painted this a month after her divorce, they got back together a year after.
This painting, called the “Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird”, was one of the 55 self portraits she painted. This painting was also painted because of her divorce. In this painting, Frida is wearing a thorn necklace. You can see blood dripping down her neck as the thorns in her neck get deeper. There are also three figures in this picture, a monkey, cat and a hummingbird. The hummingbird symbolizes hope and freedom, it is hanging lifelessly from her thorn necklace. The flowers on her head may be symbolizing her own personal …show more content…
By simply gazing at this painting, the first things noticeable are the characters it features; a black peasant man in white and, most likely, his wife in the red. It features him attempting to lift the weight of the flowers on his hands and knees with the support of his wife. The theme that comes to mind is that although the reader is able to see the flowers beauty, the man in the painting cannot, simply because he is more focused on lifting the weight rather than becoming mesmerized by the colors and feeling of the flowers. Because we are not lifting the weight, but simply admiring, it is easier for us to see the beauty in it rather than to fell all the hard work that is done to create that one thing. Another noticeable detail concerning the characters in the painting is the size. The man seems to be relatively smaller than the woman behind him, and he is the one that is being forced to carry the big basket of flowers.
“Agrarian Leader Zapata” was created in 1931 and dedicated to Emiliano Zapata (the first man in the white touching the horse) and all of the peasant farm workers that followed him during his revolt (the men behind him carrying the shovels). Underneath the horse is a dead body, believed to be the body of a man who was in control of Zapata and the other workers. The portrayal of his death in this painting leaves Zapata and the other men looking