Frida Kahlo : The Cultural Aspects Of Culture

Frida Kahlo paintings interpret personal, cultural, and political views. Frida Kahlo was born in Mexico. Her mother was from Mexican descent while her father was from German descent. Not only did Frida Kahlo painting represent her pain it also had Mexican imagery for example how she portrayed her paintings by painting self-portraits of herself wearing traditional Mexican clothing. Frida Kahlo liked one of the Aztecs patterns called Coatlicue and the pattern is considered a goddess feature.

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.

They say, “pictures are worth a thousand words” and I believe when it comes to my chosen artist, Frida Kahlo, her portraits could not be a better example of that saying. All of the 200 paintings done by Frida Kahlo say more about her life and what she experienced than any article I have ever read about her. From her health issues and violent bus accident to her tumultuous marriage with her husband, Diego Rivera is all an influence in her paintings.

In 1940 Frida Kahlo painted a self portrait after her divorce from Diego Rivera which left the world astonished because it was unforseen. This was one of her boldest works and examplified her pain to the viewer. Frida Kahlo was considered one of Mexico´s greatest artists. She was born in 1907 and died in 1954. She suffered alot in life, but one of the main accidents that transformed her life forever was the bus collision. On september 17, 1925 Frida and her boyfriend Alex Arias were on the bus to Coyoacn Mexico. As the bus driver began to turn on to Calzada de Tlpan, a street trolley approached. The bus driver tried to pass in front of the turning streetcar cautiously. Unfortunately he did not make it. This resulted in a handrail peircing through Frida´s abdomen. The collision left her in a great deal of pain, and she spent a full three months in a body cast. After months of recovery, Frida was able to learn to walk again but was left unable to have children. She would bare both the physical and emotional scars

Frida Kahlo, who was an amazing self-portrait artist, was born during the Mexican revolution. She used her Mexican heritage to paint herself always keeping a tight grasp on her national identity. In order to understand Kahlo and her paintings the historical and political factors that she lived in must be taken in to consideration. Frida’s works of art reflect her life experiences, physical and emotional pain that she felt throughout her lifetime. Frida also utilizes her personal life, health and sometimes even social affairs to relate to her Mexican culture and politics. Kahlo’s paintings are very powerful and relevant to Mexican nationalism and her political views in the social, cultural, and political aspects of Mexico.

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter who is best known for her self portraits. Frida was born as Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón but later changed it to Frida Kahlo. She was born on July 6, 1907 in her parents house known as La Casa Azul in Coyoacán, Mexico. At that time, Coyoacan was a small town on the outskirts of Mexico City. Later throughout the years Kahlo claimed to have been born on July 7, 1910 to coincide with the date of when the Mexican Revolution began. Her parents were Guillermo Kahlo and Matilde Calderón y González which they had four daughters, Matilde (1898-1951), Adriana (1902-1968), Frida (1907-1954) and Cristina (1908-1964), Kahlo was the third daughter. By age 16 Frida Kahlo was able to read not only in Spanish but English and German as well.

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s fame only grew larger after her death, bringing her art as well as her personal life into museums, books, and also movies. Through her life Kahlo dealt with various illness, tumultuous relationships, and was even involved in some political movements. Consequently, her art was influenced by all the experiences as seen and felt through her own eyes and flesh.

As a young women, Frida would have never imagined becoming a painter, as it was not a part of her career goals. In 1922, Kahlo was one of very few females who enrolled at the renowned national preparatory school and became known for her pleasant and cheerful spirit. Kahlo became friends with a group of politically minded students while at school. At this young age, Frida’s life goal was to become a doctor, however this all changed after a tragic accident at age 18, which changed the course of her life. The injuries from the accident were ones that she would never fully recover from and which would bring her chronic pain for the rest of her life. The accident also prevented her from bearing children and Kahlo suffered a number of miscarriages throughout her life. She was known to have

Artist Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Mexico City, Mexico. She grew up in the family’s home where she was born. Her father, Wilhelm, was a German photographer who had immigrated to Mexico where he met and married her mother Matilde. She had two older sisters, Matilde and Adriana, and her younger sister, Cristina, was born the year after Frida. She grew up being an atheist.

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).

“I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint.” (Frida Kahlo) Frida Kahlo was born on July 6,1907 she was from Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico. She did not go to school she was self taught, but when she went to art school to get advice on her career she saw Diego Rivera and on August 21, 1929 they got married. She had 2 miscarriages which lead to unhappiness but with her art she got better. Frida Kahlo was one of the first women to show that men can not stop women, and inspire people that even though you’re going through a tough time you can achieve your goals. Frida Kahlo is a influential advocate of feminism through her artwork, self confidence, and perseverance.

Frida Kahlo is one of the most talented artists from Mexico City, Mexico. She was very involved in politics, class, gender, and race in Mexican society. Within her paintings she mixed elements of realism with fantasy. Her work has honored internationally till this day.

Frida Kahlo was one of Mexico’s greatest artists who painted mostly self-portraits. When Kahlo was a child she was diagnosed with polio, which is an infectious disease caused by a virus. She used pain, passion, bold and vibrant colors in her paintings. Her paintings were so good that Mexico celebrates her because she paid attention to the Mexican and indigenous culture. She loved to paint about her lifetime and her physical and emotional pain.She was described as a surrealist painter, which is an artist who adds to the movement in art and literature which releases creativity. Some of her self-portrait paintings include the ‘Frieda and Diego Rivera’, the ‘Henry Ford Hospital’, ‘The Suicide of Dorothy Hale’, ‘The Two Fridas’ as well as ‘The Broken Column’. She later was involved with in an accident on September 17, 1925. One of her friends and her, were in a romantic friendship. They went on a journey on a bus when the vehicle hit another car. Following the collision, Kahlo was then hit by a street handrail that went into her hip and came out the other side. She experienced several injuries, including fractures in her spine, a broken pelvis, her collarbone and ribs were also fractured, not only that but she had a broken foot and dislocated shoulder.. She was rushed to the Red Cross hospital in Mexico City for weeks. During her recovery time, she was painting and finishing her first self-portrait, she gave it to her friend Gomas Arias. The painting was called ‘Self-Portrait

Frida Kahlo was an artist who saw things in a new light, but most of all she shows us her life through her artwork. She shows us the pain she feels, or how she may feel lonely, in very few words. Frida Kahlo lived and died in the same place, in the “Blue House” at 247 Londres Street in Coyoacán. Her life was centered on this home, even though she did not live there her entire life she always ended up returning to the place where it all began.

Film Frida tells a life of a Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. Her name, Frida, which means peace in German, was given by her father when she was born in Mexico. By giving the name Frida, his father probably hoped that she would live peacefully in a happy moment. At first glance, she lived a happy life for some moments. She could marry man who she loves a lot, and she was also able to spend her life painting lots of pictures with her husband’s support. Sadly, however, taking a close look at her life, she lived a very hard life that is full of hardships and suffering so that she could not live in peace. Her life was full of sadness and anguish because of the two main incidents, which are the car accident and her husband’s constant promiscuous behavior.