Leni Riefenstahl was born in Berlin, 1902, in a strict family. She became very close with her mother Bertha, but her relationship with her father Alfred, was often strained. Throughout her teen years, Leni became a great skater, gymnast and swimmer due to her artistic talent.…
Frida Kahlo De Rivera (1907- 1954), was a Mexican artist whose works “were strongly linked with her own life experiences, whilst also relating to world events, politics and the wider art world.” Kahlo is best known for her self-portraits, they demonstrate her need for self-expression and her exploration of identity. Although her physical features and eccentric costumes are striking and eye-catching, it is her internal life that explodes beyond the canvas. Kahlo’s unique portrait style jumps straight to the art of profoundly felt passions and sorrows. “Juxtaposing the familiar with the strange, marrying naturalistic depiction with bizarre symbolism, Kahlo is able to convince us…
In addition, during the recuperation from her accident, Frida decided to enhance her creative skills and take painting seriously. She claimed that she commenced to paint out boredom. Having a full body cast and laying in bed all day gave her the idea to have a mirror placed across her bed and with that set, she could occupy herself drawing sketches and self portraits. Yet, Frida’s career as a painter started because of Diego. Therefore, to understand Frida it is important to know who Diego was as well. Using him to understand Frida, doesn’t mean taking away from her spot-light. In this research he will simply be used as a method of understanding Frida’s initial approach to art because he represents the beginning of her painting career. It is stated in the book that throughout his murals, “Diego Rivera sought to promote a pluralistic vision of Mexican society by drawing on the rich heritage pre-Colombian past and contemporary popular culture, and he investigated pre-Colombian styles and techniques in an effort to create aesthetic language was new and Mexican” (King, 212). Thereby, Frida approached Diego with one of her paintings and asked if it was a good painting.…
Maya Angelou is a phenomenal woman. She was born into a devastating decade, that suffered numerous tragedies. Not only had society shaped her as a woman, she has also shaped our society and influenced many lives. She is still living today, yet I believe her legend will never die. Furthermore I will share with you what motivated her and some of her gratifying experiences. How she was effected by society, and what she did about it. Also how the time period she was born into made her the extraordinary woman she is today.…
Frida Kahlo was a Mexican surrealist artist born on July 6th 1907, in Coyoacán, Mexico. Kahlo is best known for her self-portraits that were usually created with the purpose of depicting her physical and mental struggles. Kahlo is also known as one of the first feminist icons. Her unconventional characteristic and behaviour, that would have been seen as rebellious in the early 1900’s, inspired countless other female artists and influenced feminist movements around the world.…
Frida Kahlo was a strong revolutionary female artist that emerged out of Mexico during its time of turmoil and growth. By examining her unique upbringing as a child, to her outlook on Mexico’s quest to situate an national identity to their masses without any influences from European ideologies, I feel that Frida Kahlo was an early feminist that help pave the way for women in Mexico to achieve equal opportunities, not only in a cultural sense but also political. She was able to express her aesthetic views through portraits depicting social and cultural taboos that were still plaguing the Mexican women after the socialist and muralist movements.…
Frida Kahlo was born in 1907, just south of Mexico City, in a town called Coyoacán. Her father, Guillermo Kahlo, was Jewish and born in Germany. When he immigrated to Mexico he married Frida’s mother, Matilde Calderón, a catholic mestizo. Frida identified herself with both her European ancestry and her indigenous heritage. Unlike many mestizo or mixed persons, who tried to hide their indigenous background, Frida had a strong sense of pride in her mixed heritage. She embraced Mexican indigenous identities and it was this that developed her nationalist ideologies. At fifteen Frida attended the National Preparatory School, and this is when she started to associate with the Mexican Communist party. When she turned of age the Revolutionary government had just recently been formed and she started contributing to the movement in interesting ways. “Frida expressed her nationalism in personal ways- fancy traditional hairstyles, pre-Columbian jewelry, and the folk Tehuana dress of southern Mexico”(Chasteen. 226). Through Frida’s participation in the young communist league, she met and began interactions with Diego Rivera…
Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico. Her birth name is Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo Y Caldrón. Frida is best known for her self-portraits. Frida's art work has been celebrated in Mexico as an emblem of native tradition, and also for feminists for its vivid detail of female life & form. Her work features Mexican tradition and is often described as folk art. Frida had an unpredictable marriage with another Mexican artist, Diego Rivera. All her life she has suffered through health problems, which were mostly caused by a traffic accident she survived as a teenager.…
Throughout this research, the sources used range from scholarly databases to detailed, educational fan sites and informative books. From the NYU School of Medicine, Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database, commentary from various trusted sources was presented alongside detailed descriptions and thorough analyses that helped in piecing together the evidence in this paper. Additionally, from the personal interview of Victor Zamudio-Taylor with PBS, an insight into the perspective of a Frida Kahlo fan was found. By dividing the sources throughout the essay among the different time periods, the rise and fall of Frida Kahlo’s emotions and life is discussed. Using chronological order made the organization and understanding clearer, as in it was a mini biography of her life through her paintings.…
Her life can be described as that of a suffering female, a childless woman, and a mistreated wife. During the course of her life she painted many portraits reflecting her inner emotions. Many people said that she lived dying. Without a doubt, Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was one of the most influential artists of Mexico in the middle twentieth century. Using self-portraiture to announce herself and explore the tangled realm of her feelings, Kahlo's unworldly art teaches much about the nature of pain and suffering, as well as the impact of a biracial backgrounds. But beyond the classic interpretations of her work lie a more mysterious phenomenon, for Kahlo has become a cult figure in pop culture and feminism. Born on July 6, (in Coyoacan, Mexico) Frida became a member of a family composed of Germans and Mexicans and began a life that she would have not by any means thought of having.…
Frida Kahlo was a very passionate Mexican self portrait artist who believed in the impossible for women in the early 20th century. She was often seen as a feminist and a rebel during her time because of the way she expressed herself in public. Not only was she known for her fascinating artwork but was also known as the wife of the famous muralist Diego Rivera. In a way Frida Kahlo was destined to suffer. According to the book, Frida Kahlo: The Brush of Anguish, Martha Zamora states that, at the age of six Kahlo was diagnosed with polio and her father was the only one who got her through that (18). As Kahlo got older she had the life she had always wanted up until September 1925. Kahlo was on her way home when the bus she was on got into a huge accident. The accident impacted her whole life which caused her to suffer some serious injuries. Some of the wounds included “fracture of the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae; pelvic fractures; fracture of the right foot; dislocation of the left elbow; deep abdominal wound produced by a metal rod entering through the left hip and exiting…
1) Frida Kahlo was born July 6, 1907 but later on made her birth date July 6, 1910. Frida changed the year she was born because she wanted to be born the year the Mexican Revolution began. She called herself “the daughter of the Mexican Revolution.” It made Frida feel like she was part of modern Mexico (Women’s Artists. 13).…
‘Roots’ by Frida Kahlo was painted in 1943 with oil based paint. The painting portrays many ideas and shows many methods used by Frida and things about her life…
The infamous Frida Kahlo was born on July 6th, 1907 at her parents home (known as La Casa Azul or ‘The Blue House’) in Coyoacan, a town around the outskirts of Mexico City. She was incredibly proud of her heritage often dressing in bright, unique Tehuana costume. She later became famous for her facial hair that she embraced, not caring for social norms. Frida would have a difficult life ahead of her, and the obstacles started early. When she was just six years old she contracted polio and was bedridden for nine months, giving her her first look at life in a hospital bed. She was encouraged to practise traditional male activities such as swimming, soccer, and wrestling to help her…
It is very definite that some people's culture plays a very defining role in their self expression. Frida Kahlo is an example of a woman whose culture is a summary of her idiosyncrasy expressed through her paintings and presence among the american culture. If Frida was a peacock her flamboyant feathers would be boasting her mexican pride. Even the day of the gallery where she was bedridden, Frida was adorn in Mexican gowns and was sung Mexican ballads till the early mornings Herrera, Hayden.” Frida Kahlo”.…