Frida Kahlo Analysis

Frida Kahlo is known for her striking self portraits. Her work is loud and she doesn’t hold back from telling her audience what she feels. Through her entire lifetime, Frida has endured many horrific incidents and had to fight to get to her current standing. When most people hear her name being spit out, we can imagine artwork where we are transported through lands of horror that hides a faint a beauty. She captures that same essence in the The two Fridas. In a miscarriage Frida experienced, she created a surplus of work that showed that pain. The painting shows two different Fridas one, thriving with a beating heart, and another a depiction of herself in paint with red stains and a heart carved out of her chest.Both characters join hands and they are connected to the same beating heart . On left frida, she is a burst of color: with a blue dress with other hues and is under no pain or self inflicted harm. Whereas on the right, the only color comes from blood where the skin is cut leading to her heart. Shades of white and gray make up the dramatic brushstrokes on the canvas.It can be isisted that this was created from the pain she had to pull herself out of in the days and months …show more content…
Although the two were married, his painting depict realistic humans with beautiful elements that appeal to the eyes.In addition, he does not do self portrait and brings the people of his home, in mexico, into his art. The Flower carrier has a lot vibrant colors. The obvious is the giant basket of vivid pink flowers being carried on the back of a man. This might be the man's only source of income and hes struggling to carry them on his back.. The irony is how something light and beautiful can cause such pain and torture.Again oils were used in creating this.The people also are dressed in traditional wear that stays with his roots. Frida does still stick to her Mexican roots , but she also adds a different variety of clothing