Diego Velázquez

Frida Kahlo was born as Magdalena Carmen Frieda Calderon in Coyoacán, Mexico on July 6th, 1907. In her later years though, Kahlo pronounced that her new birthdate was July 7th, 1910 to coincide with the beginning of the Mexican Revolution, as well as to make herself seem younger (“Frida Kahlo: Complete Biography”). She was one of four daughters born to Wilhelm Kahlo, also known as Guillermo Kahlo, a German-Jewish man of Hungarian decent and Matilde Calderon, a woman of mixed Spanish and Indian…

Identification: The art piece I’ve chosen is Fusilamiento by Leopold Mendez (1950). The piece was found in The Art Institute of Chicago. After carefully observing all the exhibits, I chose this image due to the artist being a prominently famous in Mexico. At first hand it looks like a peasant or field worker standing in front of what I assume are gun barrels. Afar back a group of people, the villagers I suppose, are standing by looking upon his execution. What got my attention is that even…

Diego Rivera Diego Rivera, born on the 8th of December, is known for his revolutionary artwork. Born in the silver mining town of Guanajuato, Mexico, Rivera showed outstanding potential in art at an early age (Kleiner 735). By the age of 20 he was a master of art and lived in Paris, France. However, the distance was not enough to keep him away from Mexico, and the news of the decade long revolution. Rivera spent 14 years living in Europe, and spent much of his time traveling from country to…

do activities that were physical too for her leg to heal faster. When it was 1922 she went too NAtional Preparatory school. She was known for her joyful spirit and colorful clothing and jewelry. In that same year, she met with an another painter Diego Rivera, since he used to work on a project in that school. She watched him create a mural called “the Creation” in the school's hall. Khalo hanging out with a group of students that suited her well-being. She romantically interacted with one of…

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter who did self-portraits and was considered a feminist icon. She originally wanted to become a doctor but a bus accident left her unable to do so. I chose this artist because she had one eye brow and I thought it was strange for a rich woman to have such a statement in the early 1900s. I thought to myself, she must be an interesting person and I was right. She had no formal training but she developed her artistic skills and later would influence people and…

Exposure to Reality As Jennifer Elisabeth said in her book Born Ready, “I feel a resurgence of my 6-year-old self…that little warrior, goddess of a girl reminding me of who I was when I was little, before the world got its hands on me.”In other words, society has corrupted our way of living in our culture. Our own personal culture that we are familiar with and a part of can shape how we view ourselves very deeply. It gives us a defining sense of self and can dictate what our values become.…

most of her art pieces. One constant theme, in Frida’s artworks is the theme of pain. Throughout her life, she was in constant pain, whether it be from after effects of the accident she had as a young adult, or emotional pain caused by her husband, Diego Rivera. The constant pain that she felt was evident in many of her works. Many of which she created after experiencing a painful event or while recovering from one. Pain and anguish, through her artworks, have become parallel to Frida…

The self-portray Along the Broader Line Between Mexico and the Unites States,1932 that show the sun and moon represents Mexico and the Unites States’ s boundary. As the picture described she wanted the agriculture culture of Mexico by the way she dresses up with a pink dress and she also holds a small flag in her hand which shows us how her loyalties that she wanted to be. She also stands on the boundary of Mexico and United States lines. This painting is clearly explained the using of different…

would be a work depicting someone close like her sister, lover, Mexican traditions, or Diego Rivera. For example, in one of her early works it was a portrait of her first love named Alejandro Comez Arias in 1928 (Frida Kahlo The Complete Works"). However, after the bus incident, he had to move on and so did Frida when she was bedridden. Throughout her life, she dealt with Mexican revolution, her husband Diego, her medical conditions…

The two murals I chose were both painted by Diego Rivera around the same time period between 1923 and 1947 with the first, “Liberation of the Peon being painted in 1923 and the second “dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park” being painted from 1946-47. “Emiliano Zapata’s aim was to bring about agrarian reform and freedom to the poor and working class citizens. But how successful/how lasting was the influence of Zapata and/or agrarian reform on both the Mexican Revolution and present day…