At 21, Kahlo fell in love with the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, whose approach to art and politics suited her own. Her pictures, mostly self-portraits and still lifes, were deliberately naive, filled with the bright colors and flattened forms of the Mexican folk art she loved. Despite more than 30 subsequent operations, Kahlo spent the rest of her life in constant pain, finally succumbing to related complications at age 47.ĭuring her convalescence Kahlo had begun to paint with oils. She spent over a year in bed, recovering from fractures of her back, collarbone, and ribs, as well as a shattered pelvis and shoulder and foot injuries. However, this training ended three years later when Kahlo was gravely hurt in a bus accident. A polio survivor, at 15 Kahlo entered the premedical program at the National Preparatory School in Mexico City. She did not originally plan to become an artist.
Kahlo was one of four daughters born to a Hungarian-Jewish father and a mother of Spanish and Mexican Indian descent, in the Mexico City suburb of Coyoacán. because it is the most original” he said.įrom 1926 until her death, the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo created striking, often shocking, images that reflected her turbulent life. After viewing the paintings, Rivera remarked that he was most interested in this self-portrait “ …. This self-portrait was one of four paintings that Frida took to show Diego Rivera and ask his opinion of her work. Before leaving, he returned to painting to Frida for safe keeping. In March of 1927, Alejandro’s parents sent him on a tour of Europe with his uncle…mainly to separate him from Frida, of whom they did not approve. Frida Kahlo, at the age of 17, September 1926 – Coyoacan -Heute ist Immer Noch” (Today still goes on). On the back of the painting she inscribed a dedication: “ For Alex. The same style would later appear in her “ Portrait of Alicia Galant“, 1927, and “ Portrait of Adriana“, 1927.įrida began this self-portrait in the summer of 1926 and sent it to Alejandro in late September. This self-portrait is Frida’s interpretation of Botticelli’s “ Venus” which Alejandro admired. The aristocratic pose reflects Frida’s interest in the paintings of the Italian Renaissance period. Her plea for his love worked and not long after Alejandro received the portrait, they were rejoined.
It was given as a token of love by which she hoped to restore his affection and keep her in his thoughts. It was painted as a gift for her student boyfriend, Alejandro Gomez Arias, who had left her. Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), Mexican Painter.
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