TALENTED PAINTERS & ARTISTS OF ALL TIMES - 1ST TERM (4 ESO, IES GAVIOTA)

1. FRIDA KAHLO
Irene Maldonado
Mónica Manzano
Julia Rodríguez
Ilenia Fernández
María del Mar Manrique
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2. Biography
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3. Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderón
Born: 6th July, 1907
Death: 13th July, 1954
-She shows her pain and biography in her works
-Difficult life: with diseases
-She inspired other famous artists
-She died by bronchopneumonia.
A famous painter
Total of 150
FEMINIST MOVEMENT
She fought for women’s rights

4. Appearance
-Thick eyebrows
-Big black eyes
-Average height
-Colorful and patterned
dresses
-Orchids and roses in her
hair

5. Why we chose her?
“My paintings carries with it the message of pain”- Frida Kahlo.
- Strong charisma (she suffered, fought and survived)
- Curiosity
- Emotional connection (felt pain, loneliness, pasion
with ourselves)
- Impetus to live, sought her freedom, being different,
and for her confidence.
What does a woman feel who has put
up with pain so much?

6. History
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7. 20th century:
-Advances in technology
-Liberation of women
ORIGIN TOWN: Coyoacán village
-The most important tourist centres in Mexico.
-Tourist infraestructures.
-High quality of services and education
-Public figures
HISTORY PERIOD

8. PAINTINGS
-Mexican cultures in her paintings.
-Tradition in her paintings
-Culture of Mayans, Aztecs and Olmecs.
-She used the sculptures of gods.
How does she reflect these aspects?

9. Her multiple
paintings
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10. “Unos cuantos
piqueticos”
Self-Portrait with
Thorn Necklace and
Hummingbird
Two paintings of art

11. UNOS CUANTOS PIQUETICOS, 1935
The crime scene with the
paintings sentence on a title.
Context
Diego’s unloyalties were very
shameless and Frida got
inspired by a femicide new .
The Painting
The blood over the frame
involves the spectator and
represents betrayal and hurt.
It reaches reality
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12. Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace
and Hummingbird, 1940
The spine necklace represents
the scars made from Diego.
The breakup
Frida broke up with Diego Rivera
the failure of her relationship is
reflected in this painting.
The spine necklace
There's a dead hummingbird,
representing love luck
The hummingbird
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13. Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace
and Hummingbird, 1940
There’s the monkey Diego gifted
to Frida, playing with the
necklace.
The black cat
There is a black cat stalking the
hummingbird, symbol of bad
omen.
The monkey
Dragonflies and butterflies,
symbols of hope and rebirth, show
their resistance to give up in the
face of pain.
Nature
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14. The comparison between
these two paintings

15. Why she change
art history ?
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16. Why she changed history art?
- She tries to reflect the equality between
men and wowen on her paintings
- She forgot stereotypes

17. Beautiful and important
sentences
- ” Feet, what do i need you for when i have wins to fly.
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- “ I don ‘t paint dreams or nightmares, i paint my
own reality. “
- “ Everything exists, and moves, under only one law,
life. “

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