each work of art. Most pieces were displayed separately; only very few had 2 or 3 in a case‚ each with its own description. As I walked into the second room of the exhibit the descriptions started explaining the friendships he made‚ like painter Diego Rivera‚ and his accomplishment setting up silver workshops in Taxco. He even hired craftsmen from that area to work with silver as well. Many then split off and started their own workshops‚ developing Taxco into a silver industry. At the end of the exhibit
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contracted polio‚ which left the right leg significantly smaller than the left. Often times‚ she wore long dresses to cover the insecurity of her leg. When she turned fifteen‚ she began to attend a school named Prepatoria where she first encountered Diego Rivera‚ who was painting a mural for the school. Little did she know that he would become her husband seven years later. When she was eighteen‚ she was involved in a bus accident that left a mark on her life forever. Several of her bones were broken and
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of before the Mexican Revolution‚ Frida Kahlo was the “poster child” for personal pain and tragedy. Her life included a series of illnesses and misfortunes that led to the personality and reflection of the woman in her artwork. Her marriage to Diego Rivera‚ a prominent Mexican muralist‚ was one of the “great tragedies” of her life‚ but also contributed to defining herself as an independent woman who defied all the stereotypes of women as artists that existed. The other tradegy included a very serious
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above her bed. She painted many works‚ most of which were self-portraits. In 1928‚ Frida met Diego Rivera‚ whom she married a year later. She could not have children with him because of the accident. Frida was a huge part of the surrealism movement‚ and a good example of this would be her painting‚ “Las Dos Fridas” (“The Two Fridas”). This work was painted in 1939‚ shortly after her divorce from Diego Rivera. The painting depicts two different personalities‚ or versions of her‚ sitting on a bench
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statement in reference to the life of Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo was described as “the first woman in the history of art to address with absolute and uncompromising honesty‚ general and specific themes which exclusively affect women” by life-long lover‚ Diego Rivera. As a Mexican female artist in the 20th century‚ Frida’s themes expressed in her artworks were considered highly explicit at the time. She was fine artist who used autobiographical through her extensive output of self-portraits. They are evidence
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Kahlo’s artworks such as he “Self-Portrait as a Tehuana (Diego in my thoughts)” and “Henry Ford Hospital 1932” provide an insight of her life and her obsessions with child-bearing and her husband‚ Diego Rivera. Likewise‚ Francis Bacon’s “Three Studies for the Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion” and his “Self-portrait 1971” conveys the suppression of his sexuality and inhumanity of one man to another. Self-Portrait as a Tehuana (Diego on my thoughts) 1943 Oil On Masonite 29 7/8 " x 24 "
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Every person has feelings. These feelings are aroused by a catalyst. A touch‚ a smell‚ a sight. When a person does art‚ his or her duty is to titillate the viewer. His or her work must be passionate‚ captivating and able to be thought about. When an artist renders a piece‚ be it a painting‚ water color‚ sculpture‚ dance or poem‚ he or she must inspire the viewer to come back and look at it a second and a third time. The artist must expand his or her mind to engulf others. Octavio Ocampo has accomplished
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The documentary‚ The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo described Frida Kahlo’s life in the early twentieth century. Well-known around the world as a painter‚ Frida is also known for her exquisite sense of style. Crippled at a young age‚ her paintings reflected the pain she felt during her life. Frida Kahlo was born in Coyoacan‚ Mexico with her parents and three sisters. Her father was a photographer for the Mexican government‚ capturing colonial architecture. At her academy‚ Frida was the only girl
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called upon to this divine mission after they have gained freedom. It is safe to say Vasconcelo easily inspired and influenced several aspects of Diego Rivera’s artwork. While Mexico was under similar circumstances after the Mexican Revolution as Latin America‚ Deigo Rivera used some of Jose Vasconcelo’s ideas to impart social and political messages. In Diego Rivera’s “El Hombre en Cruco de Caminos” located in Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City‚ one can see a man who appears to be in control of the
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supportive father and revolutionary mother‚ the seeds of radical change were already being planted in Frida. She began painting after she was severely injured in a bus accident. Kahlo later became politically active and married fellow communist artist Diego Rivera in 1929. She died in Mexico at the age of 47 in 1954. Artist Frida Kahlo was born in Coyocoán‚ Mexico City‚ Mexico on July 06 1907. Kahlo’s dad Gillermo‚ was a German photographer who had immigrated to Mexico where he met and married
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