Essay On The Movie Frida

Frida was not only talented but she was also very intelligent. In 1922 she was one of only thirty-five female students to attend the most prestigious preparatory school in Mexico, Escuela Nacional Preparatoria or The National Preparatory School. While Frida read in three different languages and aspired to be a doctor she was a spirited and rambunctious student who ran with a gang of troublesome boys who called themselves "Los Cachuchas". The gang pulled pranks and got into all sorts of trouble, at one point she and her friends even lead a donkey into one of the rooms while class was in session. (Kettenman p. 11-12). It was at this school where Frida first met her future husband and life-long companion, Diego Rivera.

Frida Kahlo, she never intended to become a painter. Kahlo was aspired to become a doctor as a young woman, but after a horrible accident at the age of 18, it left her mentally, as well as physically scared for life. This event had totally changed her life forever. The theme in almost all of Frida’s painting was her own life. Her paintings were based on events took place during her lifetime. As we can see in many of Frida’s paintings, especially in her self-portraits, it expresses her own personal emotions along with feelings about an event that happened in her life, such as her physical condition, her lack of ability to conceive children of her own, her ideology of life and nature, and most important of all, it was her unstable relationship with her husband Diego. Somewhere between the movement of surrealism, realism and symbolism in the art of Frida Kahlo, she was able to bring out tenderness, femininity, reality, cruelty and suffering within her paintings.

Suppose you had an accident the left you with constant pain. What would you do? How would you handle your circumstances? This happened to Frida Kahlo and she dealt with her circumstances by painting." She was described as a surrealist painter, but in reality, she painted her autobiography. Frida Kahlo was one of Mexico’s most famous self-portrait artist. Frida suffers from having polio at a young age, bus accident, bad marriage, and not being able to have kids. She married a famous mural painter Diego Rivera, she describes him as one of the best and worst things to happen to her. Through her marriage, she had many affairs. Kahlo joined Young Communist League and the Mexican Communist Party. Frida was a feminist and made movements to help

Frida’s rise to success was defined by the challenges she endured over time. She had this sense of durability, strength and resilience. She can be rude and bold and also smoke and drink like the men. . At first Frida”s painted what she felt, but it wasn’t to show anyone or sell any paintings. . Every tragedy that affected her she would paint it and express it. In my opinion her rise began once she witness her husband having and affair with her sister. it hurt her so much inside the only way to let it go and let it out was she had to paint it. After that, she went on her own and began painting her pain. Through out her life she endured many hardships that hurt her internally. This shifted her point of view

She was the wife of the famous muralist, Diego Rivera whom she divorced and married twice. Each of the marriages had been just as bad as the other due to Diego’s infidelity throughout the entire time they were married. But although she was aware of all his affairs the most painful was Diego Rivera’s affair with Frida’s own sister, Christina. After that betrayal, the couple divorced, which left Frida heartbroken. But all the sorrow and regret that Frida experienced throughout her marriage, she expressed it through her paintings. Some of her famous paintings that were in response to her divorce from Diego Rivera were The Two Fridas and Self-Portrait with Thorn Neckless and Hummingbird.

More than 60 years have passed since the death of Frida Kahlo, a Surrealist Mexican painter. Frida Kahlo’s many talents were overshadowed by her husband’s fame during the course of her life. Yet, it wasn’t until her death and the early 1970’s where Frida’s artistic effort started to surpass that of her political and creative husband. Her biography is both depressive and particularly interesting. Many of her private moments and experiences are shared in her greatest pieces of art. Some of those valuable masterpieces contain her cherished possessions, in addition to them being the things that established her popularity and appreciation among distinct genders, cultures and ages around the world. Knowing this, it was in my interest to devote some quality time and effort to this woman whose life immediately captivated my attention and inspired me to understand and endure life as a woman.

Frida Kahlo is a very interesting person whom has been through a lot in her short life. Though there is so much to say about the past of Frida Kahlo from her ghastly affair’s and man like tendencies. Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 and lived in a house that her father built in Mexico City (Tuchman). Kahlo was a hard working woman but who had a horrible temper. When Kahlo was engaged with Rivera at the age of twenty-one, her father even gave a warning to Rivera. That Frida was “a devil” and Rivera replied “I know it (Tuchman).” Throughout Kahlo’s life time she only produced around two- hundred paintings. Her paintings were all relatively still portraits of herself and of friends and family. She was good at creating hunting, and sensual original paintings and that fuse the elements of surrealism (Tuchman).

Finally, even though, she mentioned that she hoped to never return, perhaps she did want to linger on the minds and thoughts of people. Besides, she didn’t have any kids and the several students that she mentored, “Los Fridos”, could have served as response to her concerns of not being forgotten after death (Dosamantes-Beaudry, 10). However, if what I mentioned above was actually a concern of Frida’s, then she must rest without worries because she didn’t just manage to be remembered but she also achieved popularity all over the world and by far the title of a central historical figure. So much did she achieve after her death, that she no longer just known as “Diego Rivera’s wife”, but today she is known by her numerous self-portraits. In addition,

The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.” Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist who has achieved great international popularity and is still admired as a feminist icon. Frida began this painting in August of 1940, the year she and Diego divorced, but didn’t finish it until 1943. “Her paintings tell stories – intimate, engaging, terrifying, and tragic ones.” This painting expresses Frida’s desire to possess Diego Rivera, who continues to betray her with his affairs with other woman.

Reading Mimi Y. Yang’s “Articulate Image, Painted Diary: Frida Kahlo's Autobiographical Interface, " I was particularly impressed with the amount of struggle Frida lived with daily and how she chose to overcome to express her pain through her paintings, and her loneliness through her diaries (Yang, 314). It’s truly remarkable how beautiful Frida’s paintings are, and how much her suffering comes through in works such as The Broken Column and The Two Fridas. I know if I were in as much pain, both physically and emotionally, as Frida, I would most likely stay in bed all day, never mind have the strength to express my personal inner emotions through confessional mediums. Additionally, Frida’s free expression taught me to embrace who I am, both the negative and positive aspects, as she did. Frida never seemed to give into society’s expectations of a female, and continuously pushed boundaries with her confessional art, an aspect of Frida I believe all individuals should

According to this article focused on Frida’s life. She was born in 1907 in Coyoacan three years before the Mexican Revolution broke out. Her mother was Matilde Calderon, of mixed Spanish and Indian, and her father Guillermo Kahlo, a German-Jewish expatriate of Hungarian decent. On September 1925, Frida was in a near fatal bus accident. She sustained multiple fractures of the back, right leg and pelvis. Frida represent a host of contradictory qualities and behaviors: strength and resilience in the face of tragedy and continuous physical and psychic pains. Frida was also a strong political consciousness active in her daily life and painting (Barnet 243).

She looked up to Diego because he was already a famous artist and she got advice from him. Frida and Diego relationship wasn’t the best. They always had separate homes and art studios. He had many affairs on her and even with her sister. She was so heartbroken and depressed at the disloyalty, she cut off all of her hair and became close friends with Leon Trotsky and his wife, later on had an affair with Leon. In 1939, her and Rivera divorced and she made on of her most popular painting, The Two Fridas . She went on to remarry him in 1941. Not much changed after they remarried, they still lived separate, had separate studios, and they still had affairs on each other. Despite the negativity going on in her personal life her artwork started to become more noticed and showed in events

In 1929 Frida Kahlo married the renowned, and controversial muralist Diego Rivera, who was known for his allegiance to the communist party, as well as his infidelity . He changed Frida’s live even more drastically than the trolley. In 1930 the pair moved to San Francisco, California temporarily, and in 1931 Frida finished her wedding portrait of her and Diego [figure 2]. The banner above Frida carried by a dove reads, "Here you see us, me Frida Kahlo, with my dearest husband Diego Rivera. I painted these pictures in the delightful city of San Francisco California for our companion Mr. Albert Bender, and it was in the month of April of the year 1931.” (Frida Kahlo) The painting indicates what Frida believed what their marriage would be; Diego being this massive presence next to his smaller, less known wife. Frida never imagined herself being famous for her art, she hated the idea in fact. Also seen in the portrait is Frida holding Diego’s hand with the lightest possible grasp, symbolizing her not being able to hold down her husband into monogamy. This is especially ironic due to the fact that while Frida was working on this painting Diego was having an affair with

Frida Kahlo is a world-renowned Mexican painter known for her shocking self-portaits filled with painful imagery. Her artwork was seen by many as surrealist and socialist, but she refused the labels put on herself. Until today, her works have been able to exude the same playful and wild feel as before (Fisher n.p). Her legacy as a painter has attracted prominent people like Madonna who has confessed her admiration for the painter. Not only that but fashion designers are frequently inspired by her iconic Tijuana dresses while her paintings have been priced at more than three million dollars (Bauer 115).

During the 1930’s and 1940’s, women of the world held virtually one role and one role only…homemaker. This was no different for the women of Mexico, except for one woman in particular, Frida Kahlo. Frida refused to accept the current ideals of society and the accepted social norms by engaging in things that few women in history ever had. Frida was involved in politics, she was promiscuous with men and women, she painted pictures of herself in ways that had never been done before, and she wore the clothes of her indigenous people as opposed to the current fashions of the world. The movie Frida showcases all of these qualities. The director, Julie Taymor, uses the symbolism of these things to show how Frida