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 also known for painting about her experience of chronic pain.

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Portrait of my Father Wilhelm Kahlo
1952
Oil on masonite
61 x 47 cm
Museo Frida KahloMuseo Frida Kahlo, Ciudad de México, Mexico

Frida Kahlo considered her father as a great example and influence. She painted him in 1951 next to his camera. In the bottom, she wrote: "I painted my father Wilhelm Kahlo, Hungarian-German born, professional photographer and artist, with a generous, intelligent and fine character, brave because he suffered of epilepsy for 60 years but he never stopped working, and he fought against Hitler, with love, His daughter Frida Kahlo".