In this presentation you will find biographical information about the famous Mexican artist and painter, Frida Kahlo.

1. FRIDA
KAHLO

2.  Born Frida Kahlo de Rivera on July 6, 1907.
 She was a Mexican painter who is best known for
her self-portraits.
 Kahlo's life began and ended in Mexico City, in her
home known as the Blue House or Casa Azul.
 She died July 13, 1954.

3. Why are Frida and her work so
famous?
 Her work has been celebrated in Mexico as emblematic
of national and indigenous tradition, and she is adored
by feminists worldwide for her uncompromising
depiction of the female experience and form.

5. What kind of art did Kahlo make?
 Naïve art or folk art, self-portraits, sometimes surrealist (dream-
like).
 Frida rejected the "surrealist" label; she believed that her work
reflected more of her reality than her dreams.
 Kahlo created at least 140 paintings, along with dozens of
drawings and studies. Of her paintings, 55 are self-portraits which
often incorporate symbolic portrayals of physical and
psychological wounds. She insisted, "I never painted dreams. I
painted my own reality.

6. Life Changing Events
 Tumultuous marriage to Diego
Rivera (famous muralist,
political activist)
 Bus accident at 18
 Lifelong health problems as a
result
 Father was a
photographer/artist
 Contracted polio at 6
 She is quoted as saying,
"I suffered two grave
accidents in my
life...One in which a
streetcar knocked me
down and the other was
Diego."

8. Frida Kahlo - Self-portrait as little deer
(1946)
 In this painting of a young stag fatally wounded by arrows, Frida
expresses the disappointment which followed the operation on her
spine in 1946, which she had optimistically hoped would cure her of
her back pain.
 Frida used her own pet deer "Granizo" as a model for this painting.
The deer in the painting is surrounded by trees and trapped,
transmitting a feeling of fear and desperation, with no way to escape
from the situation.
 The true meaning of this painting is open to many interpretations.
Some say this painting portrays Frida's inability to change her own
destiny, or, Frida's frustration over the failed surgery, or, a surreal
painting of Frida enraged in the battle of the sexes.

9. 3 Gifts
 An operation at the
best NY hospital to
repair her spine
 A menagerie of rare
pets - colorful
singing birds,
monkeys, llamas
and more!A private
zoo.
 A time machine and
tickets to Art-
Garden-Life
 To save her from a
lifetime of pain
 So, she would never
be lonely.
 She could visit the
present and see the
joy she brings to so
many. We could visit
the Brooklyn
Botanical Gardens
Frida Kahlo show
together.