A Glimpse of the real life of Frida KAHLO - 2 Videos
March 26, 2008
Frida Kahlo painted her own life. This is one of the inputs of her art being so unique and intriging. Therefore, I am showing a double video in this article on Frida Kahlo, whereby one video complements the other. The first video features Frida in person, portraying her in her relationships, fame and painting environments. It gives you a glimpse of what her life must have been like. This second video of Frida Kahlo offers a great sample of her famous and not so famous artworks, portraying them in the right context of her sadness, mystique and pain. It shows some of her more astonishing... Read more »
Frida Kahlo’s Auto-biographical Artwork
December 8, 2007
As a classic auto-biographical artist, Frida painted her reality. She claimed to be born on 1910 , the year of the outbreak of the Mexican revolution, because she wanted her life to begin together with the modern Mexico. “after her death at the age of forty-seven in 1954, the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo became first a legend, then a myth, and now a cult figure.” thus was Frida Kahlo described by her biographer Hayden Herrera in 1992. Born from European and Mexican parents in 1907, Frida Kahlo’s looks are triking: long dark hair, distinctive bird-wing brows, black eyes. Kahlo was... Read more »
