Sunday, February 12, 2023

 Frida Kahlo
(1907 - 1954)


Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy. In addition to belonging to the post-revolutionary Mexicayotl movement, which sought to define a Mexican identity, Kahlo has been described as a surrealist or magical realist. She is known for painting about her experience of chronic pain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo

Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky
1937
Oil on Masonite
76 x 61 cm.
NMWA
https://nmwa.org/art/collection/self-portrait-dedicated-leon-trotsky/

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