Frida Kahlo, Mexico’s most famous and well-known craftsman is Frida Kahlo. Her monobrow and her flower-decorated hairstyles were just as intriguing as her art. Of her 140 works of artwork, 55 are self portraits. Kahlo, despite being called a surrealist by many, rejected the title. Her art was deeply personal, focusing on Mexican dad, culture and conventions of her beloved patria, and compellingly contemplative subject material.
Frida was also deeply engaged in legislative matters. This can be seen in Frida’s pronouncement of 1910 as her birthday, the year of Mexican Insurgency. Six years old, she was struck with polio and left with a severely injured leg. She also suffered a serious injury in an accident which nearly killed her. Frida didn’t just fight her way through these physical challenges, but she also accepted them with open and joyful travel. Frida and her husband were too complicated due to Frida’s unmistakably difficult physical situations. Rivera is generous and loyal in the truest sense of the word. They were separated after 10 years of marriage. It was in order to encourage a re-marriage the following year. They were still married ten years later, but their relationship was difficult and they re-married the following year. Frida stated that she didn’t consider herself a Surrealist until Andre Breton visited Mexico and said so. “My subjects have continually been my sensations, states of intelligence and significant responses that life has created in me,” she said. She had a Modern York City presentation that year. She sold some of her paintings and received two commissions. Clare Boothe Luce commissioned one of her paintings to portray Dorothy Solidness, Dorothy’s suicide partner. The Suicide of Dorothy Sound (1939), in which Dorothy makes an astonishing jump, was her first painting. This portray nearly destroyed the benefactor Luce. Andre Breton welcomed Kahlo in Paris the following year, 1939. She is known by many craftsmen, including Piet Mondrian, Marc Chagall, and Pablo Picasso. Rivera split her from Rivera in that same year. She painted The Two Frida’s (1939), which is one of the most well-known portrayals. Before long, Diego Rivera married Frida Kallo in 1940. The time marriage lasts about the same length as the original one. They live in separate houses and lives. Both were involved in a series of shady relationships with other people during their marriage. Kahlo was awarded a commission by the Mexican government to represent five imperative Mexican women in 1941. However, she was unable to complete the task. She lost her father and endured from chronic illnesses. Despite all her challenges, her art continued to gain notoriety. She was featured in numerous publications around this time. Frida Kallo created The Broken Column in 1944. She depicted herself naked and showing her part in the middle of this painting. Her spine looks like a broken column. She is wearing a surgical brace. There are also nails all over her body. Frida’s craftsmanship was a way for Frida to communicate her physical difficulties. She needed special undergarments to support her back during those times. Her persistent pain has made her look for relief, but she found nothing. Even though Kahlo wasn’t well, she kept painting. Kahlo was eventually forced to have a portion of her right leg amputated due to gangrene. Fridakahlo died in her Bule House home one week following her 47th birthday. Publicly, she was reported to have died from an embolism. However, speculations suggest that she could have committed suicide. Scholars considered Frida Kallo’s paintings and poems to be very important. Her work represented everything Kahlo had been through. These were original paintings that were well-constructed. Frida Kallo’s work was not authenticated and some Scholars (book writers), thought so. They believed she was lying about her life and that her paintings were a reflection of the hard times she went through. Those people didn’t have the time or patience to read through Frida Kahlo’s painting. It was important that they came up with a book explaining how Kahlo’s paintings lack authenticity. Frida Kallo had to be given food by her doctor when “Without Hope” was first painted in 1945. Frida Kallo wrote the following explanation on the back: “Not least hope remains to us…Everything moves in rhythm with what our stomach contains.” Frida’s numerous illnesses and surgeries caused her to lack appetite. She was extremely malnourished. Dr Eloesser was her specialist and recommended that she be in bed for two hours each night. Frida Kashlo describes what happened to her during her ‘constrained strengthening’. The wooden structure that used to hold her canvases was what held the horrific food with skulls and creatures together. Her arms appear to be stuck beneath and are unable to help the situation. The Mexican background shows both the sun as well as the moon. It appears that the situation is without hope. The poem/painting makes me feel very anxious. This makes me feel that when you find yourself in such a situation, there is no turning back. People should take this message as a call to action to live life fully, because you never know what might happen. Frida Kálo was a great Mexican painter. Her paintings were a powerful tool for moving people. She was a feminist. Her life was full of obstacles that she had to overcome, which provided hope for women living in difficult circumstances. She was a role model for women through her achievements. Frida Kahlo’s fame grew after her death. In 1958-1970, her blue house was turned into a museum. She was a woman of great influence and inspiration. A movie called Frida, starring Alma Hayek and Alfred Molina, was released in 2002. This movie received six Academy Awards nominations and won Best Makeup & Original Score.
