Mariano Rivera

ill and had to stay in bed for a whole 9 months. The disease caused her right leg to become much skinnier and weaker than the left one. She had a permanent limp because of it and always wore long skirts to hide it. She met her future husband, Diego Rivera, when she was in preparatory school. One day in 1922, she was on a Bus and got in a horrific accident. She was severely injured, as a steel rail impaled her through the hip. During her period of recovery is when she began to paint her famous self-portraits

in the bus accident. In 1928 Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera engaged in a romantic relationship and got married in 1929. In 1932 she had a second miscarriage where she also started incorporated surrealism into her artworks and often displayed her personal pain in her paintings. Diego Rivera had trouble staying faithful to Frida Kahlo, he had an affair with her sister after Frida Kahlo had her third miscarriage in 1934. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera got divorced in 1939.

in her adolescence, her inability to bear children, and her tempestuous relationship with Diego Rivera" (Grimberg 7). Most of Kahlo's works were self-portraits, according to Herrera, she once said, "I paint self-portraits because I'm so often alone, because I am the person I know best" (3). She painted "Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" in 1940 when she was separating from Diego Rivera. I like Kahlo's painting because she expresses her emotions through her work and she provides many

The cultural activity that I observed was the art exibition in the Vincent Price Art Museum called The Making of Mexican Modernism. The exhibition has prints and paintings of various artists such as Jose Guadalupe Posada, Rufino Tamayo, Gustavo Montoya, Pablo O Higgins, Leopold Méndez, and many more. All of the artists paintings got influenced by history, folk cultures, and politics. These artists paintings contribute to the development of the modern Mexican culture identity. The Hombre en la ventana

“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” This quote is very true to Frida Kahlo, a well-known and widely esteemed Mexican artist in the mid 1900s, because it didn’t seem to matter what life threw at her since she was always able to pick herself up and keep moving forward. Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacan, Mexico City, Mexico, and grew up in a very tight knit family with her mom, dad and sisters. She had an extremely action-packed life that was a constant roller

itself. She is a typical female with bohemian and feminist ideologies, and in a true sense epitomises the liberation of women. Her colourful and quirky choice of clothing, her rebellious behaviours and a torrid love life, and her marriage to Diego Rivera, a fellow artist and communist, have all contributed to a volatile personality that is Frida Kahlo.

reoccurring element in many of her artworks. This monkey is a pet of Kahlo’s and was given to her by Rivera. The fact that the monkey is tightening the thorns, causing them to pierce her skin, is symbolic of Diego Rivera and the emotional pain that he caused Kahlo when he filled for divorce. In Mexican mythology the monkey is a symbol of lust, suggesting that Kahlo still had strong feelings for Rivera even after he abandoned her. The thorns could also be interpreted as being representative of Christ's

John Houser had a determination to relive his father’s career passion as an assistant carver. When the El Paso City council assigned a large scale project of the Spanish conquistador: Juan de Onate, Houser grasped the project and wanted to create the largest bronze statue in the world. He envisioned the statue as a long-overdue contribution mission to embrace and represent the contributions of the Hispanic culture and history to the United States. His vision of this great project was completely different

I hope all is well and that you are enjoying the remainder of the summer season! I had truly enjoyed your class this summer and I am glad I was able to take your course because it really opened my eyes to the importance of understanding Frida Kahlo as an individual as well as the history and culture that is behind each piece of art. It also was an important reminder to seek out learning opportunities when it comes to other countries histories. It is incredibly important and I am thankful that I

Frida Kahlo was born in Coyocán, Mexico on July sixth, 1907. She also died in Coyocán, Mexico in her house. She died on July thirteenth, 1954. The official cause of her death was Pulmonary Embolism, but overdose was a suspected cause of her death. Frida Kahlo was one of four daughters. She had life long health problems. She was a survivor of polio, had more than thirty operations throughout her life, and she had a terrible bus accident. When this bus accident happened, she was only eighteen. Her