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Frida Kahlo Mexican (1907-1954) Color Pencil
Frida Kahlo Mexican (1907-1954) Color Pencil
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Attributes: Signed on the higher right with museum stamp on verso. After Frida Kahlo - Media: Color pencil on paper - Condition: Good condition - Provenance: Private collection, Mexico - Dimensions (cm): 29 by 23 - Dimensions (inches): 11 1/2 by 9 - Biography: Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907-1954) is one of Mexico\'s most celebrated and well-known artists, renowned for her surrealistic paintings and self-portraits. Born in Coyoacan, at the age of six, Kahlo contracted polio, leaving one leg shorter than the other, which she covered with long skirts. Kahlo attended the renowned National Preparatory School in Mexico City, where she first met the famous Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. In 1925, Kahlo was in a serious bus accident in which she fractured her spine and pelvis. Though she regained the ability to walk, she continued to experience relapses of pain for the rest of her life. Kahlo reconnected with Rivera in 1928. The two soon began a romantic relationship, and were eventually married. During their earlier years together, the two moved many times for Rivera\'s work, spending time in San Francisco, New York, and Detroit. During this time, Kahlo often occupied herself by painting, particularly because the chronic pain she experienced frequently left her immobilized. In 1938, Kahlo befriended noted Surrealist artist Andre Breton, who invited her to Paris to exhibit her works. Kahlo was then commissioned by the Mexican government to create five portraits of important Mexican women in 1941, but was unable to finish the project due to the death of her father and continued health problems. Despite her personal challenges, her work continued to gain a following, and was included in a number of group and solo shows around this time. In 1944, Kahlo painted one of her most famous portraits, The Broken Column. In this work, she is naked from the waist up and split down the middle, with a surgical brace wrapped around her chest and torso. Her spine appears as a shattered column and everywhere on her body, the artist painted nails. This work exemplifies her unique and expressive use of color and symbolism, as well as her use of Surrealist techniques coupled with elements of traditional Mexican painting. Her health worsened in the 1950s, though she continued to paint and show her works. She died in her home in Mexico City at the age of 47. Her popularity grew after her death, with her famous Blue House converted into a museum in 1958. She also served as an icon during the feminist movement in the 1970s. In 2002, her life was the subject of the movie Frida, which starred Salma Hayek and Alfred Molina, and was nominated for six Academy Awards.
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Frida Kahlo Mexican (1907-1954) Color Pencil

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