Self-portraits and other paintings by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo are vibrant, emotional and memorable. her life was not smooth and cloudless. she was constantly haunted by physical and mental suffering. Severe illness and injuries leading to disability, the loss of unborn children, a break with her husband did not break this beautiful woman. She tried to convey her perception of the world and her feelings with the help of painting. Her paintings are a whole biography.
The most striking pictures of the inimitable Frida Kahlo:
1
Bus stop (1929)
The picture shows a group of passengers traveling by bus around Coyoacan. This is a barefoot woman from among the indigenous population, a worker, a gentleman from the middle class and a young woman who may well be Frida herself.
The child looks out the window at a landscape full of tranquility, where the La Risa store (Laughter) is located. This detail is characteristic of the black humor of Frida Kahlo, who thus represented the moment before the accident in which she got on September 17, 1925.
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2
Frida and Diego Rivera (1931)
The double solemn portrait was painted in a naive style two years after the wedding of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. The couple holds hands, a dove is painted over Frida, holding a ribbon in its beak with a brief narrative of who, where and when is painted in the portrait.
This picture depicts an ideal married couple, and the man is assigned the most important place. He has brushes and a palette in his hands, but there is no hint that Frida is also a talented artist. Here, Frida is just a wife.
3
Portrait of Luther Burbank (1931)
Frida painted Portrait of Luther Burbank in San Francisco in 1931. Burbank was a scientist and gardener who experimented with plant hybrids. His research impressed Frida so much that she decided to immortalize him in the painting as a result of one of his own experiments: half man, half tree.
His legs and feet were replaced by a trunk whose roots curl through the skeleton underground, which, perhaps, belongs to Burbank himself. In one hand he holds one of the plants with which he worked, while the other fruits of his experiments occupy the surrounding landscape.
This is one of the paintings that show the duality that Frida often depicts in her works: in this case, life / death. As in the food chain, a person receives his food from the earth, but his corpse will be returned to her in order to nourish others in turn.
4
My birth (1932)
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The birth process of Frida Kahlo depicted to the smallest detail, for which many condemned her. Prior to this, no one dared to portray the most sacred mystery - the emergence of a new life. Frida Kahlo was never able to give birth to a child because of the terrible injuries she received in the accident.
She suffered miscarriages, and terrible impressions of the very first loss were reflected in the film "My Birth." In the center of the room there is a bed on which a woman in labor lies. The woman's face is covered with a white canvas. In a newborn baby, you can recognize the artist herself.
5
Henry Ford Hospital (1932)
The artist’s most tragic painting is Henry Ford Hospital. another attempt to have a baby was unsuccessful. Miscarriage, blood loss, torment and suffering in the hospital - all this the artist splashed onto the canvas.
She portrayed herself on a bed, in a pool of blood, and her sensations and fantasies are floating around in the air: an anatomical model of a woman’s pelvis, an unborn human fetus, a plucked orchid, a snail, as a symbol of timelessly stretching time and a mechanism that can fail at any moment .
6
The Girl with the Death Mask (1938)
Against the background of a cloudy sky and a distant mountain landscape, a barefoot five-year-old girl in a mask of death is depicted. Such a mask is put on in Mexico on the Day of the Dead. The child holds a yellow marigold in his hands. It is believed that Frida Kahlo portrayed herself in the picture at the age when she was still healthy and did not experience excruciating pain.
7
Two Frida (1939)
In 1939, a personal tragedy occurred in the life of Frida Kahlo. She suffered a break with her beloved husband very hard and compared it with blood loss, with a wound in the heart.
The picture depicts two Frida. One is from the past, where her life was connected with Diego Rivera. The other is from the present, where she is presented as a free, single woman who is overcome by blood loss. She tries to block the bleeding artery with a medical tool, but she doesn’t do it well - blood floods the hem of a snow-white dress.
8
Self-portrait in a Thorny Hummingbird Necklace (1940)
Frida Kahlo portrayed herself frontally against the backdrop of tropical greenery. Behind her is a black cat and a monkey. Thorny thorns twisted around the neck, which dig into the body with thorns and prevent breathing. A black bird hummingbird appears in the form of a pendant.
9
Me and My Parrots (1941)
The self-portrait of Frida Kahlo with parrots, written in 1941, is unusually good. Although it is made in the style of primitivism, it looks quite realistic. Frida Kahlo is depicted in a white dress, on her shoulders and in her hands are sitting bright perky parrots.
As in many portraits, the artist portrays herself as very serious and calm. Only the details give out the humor with which the portrait was made. The fingers of his right hand carelessly hold an unfinished cigarette, and sparkles burn in his eyes. This is one of the few portraits depicting the "fun" Frida Kahlo.
10
Broken Pillar (1944)
In her youth, Frida suffered polio, got into a car accident and was bedridden for a long time. By 1944, her condition worsened. She experienced severe pain and was forced to wear an uncomfortable corset. She reflected all this suffering in the painting Broken Column.
The inner core that held Frida and made her resistant began to crack. She "crumbled" in front of her eyes, the pain was unbearable. In the portrait, the artist portrayed herself in a corset, with the spine in the form of a collapsing column. Tears flowing from her eyes fill her face. Nails are stuck in the naked body, head and face. In this, she emphasizes the connection of her torment with Christ's torment.
11
Without hope (1945)
In painting "Without Hope," the artist uses two styles - primitivism and surrealism. In the desert, under the hot sun, there is a bed in which a woman lies, covered with a blanket. She looks at the viewer and tears flow from her eyes.
In Mexico, the phrase "feeding through a funnel" means cheating or "noodles that are hung on the ears." A funnel hangs over the bed, with the help of which a woman feeds. Frida's husband constantly cheated on her. Mental suffering was added to the physical torment of the woman. Frida reflected all her feelings on the canvas. This eerie picture is the cry of her soul.
According to the editors of most-beauty.ru, part of this picture resembles the work of the great master of surrealism Salvador Dali. Don't you think so?
12
Wounded Deer (1946)
The theme of mental and physical torment of Frida Kahlo was continued in the film "Wounded Deer." Here she again depicts herself, but in a very unusual way. On the canvas depicts a deer with the head of the artist.
The deer is wounded by nine arrows, blood sprinkles from the wounds. Frida's face does not express any emotion. This means that in life she does not show anyone what torment she has to endure. And only in the picture, with the help of symbols, can it allow you to pour out your feelings.
13
Diego and Me (1949)
The portrait of the crying Frida Kahlo is a double portrait, since on her forehead she painted a portrait of her husband - Diego Rivera. She used this technique several times, since her thoughts, heart and soul were forever given to her husband. A love affair between two talented artists experienced different periods: happiness, passion, betrayal, breakup and final reunion. She said: "Diego is me, Diego is the universe."
14
Still Life with a Parrot and a Flag (1951)
In the 1950s, Kahlo constantly painted still lifes. This is the third most important art genre after her self-portraits and portraits. From 1951 to 1954, her self-portraits almost disappear from the paintings.
Many see in her still lifes non-veiled sexuality. Bananas, cut fruits involuntarily push for indecent associations. Is not it?
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15
Long live life! (1954)
A picturesque still life with watermelons stands out from the general series of paintings by Frida Kahlo. This still life is a true motto for her work. It is written in the style of primitivism and is all filled with juicy and joyful colors. Carved on a slice of watermelon "Viva la Vida" - long live life! This is the last picture in the life of Kalo. In just 8 days, she was gone.
Afterword
The creativity of the bright and original Frida Kahlo was a real flash among artists of the 20th century. Life did not pamper this woman, but it was she who made her extraordinary talent reveal. The whole life of Frida Kahlo is love, suffering and painting.
In conclusion, we will present you some more famous works of Frida Kahlo:
Self portrait in a velvet dress (1926)
Roots (1943)
On this our article came to an end. The editors of most-beauty.ru asks you to write in the comments which paintings of Frida Kahlo impressed you the most.