Frida Keynote

"I am not sick. I am broken.
But I am happy as long as I can paint."
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter (1907 - 1954)
FATHER AND MOTHER
Guillermo Kahlo
Hungarian-Jewish
Photographer
Matilde Calderón y Gonzalez
Spanish
Born 1907 On July 6
Third Child of four daughters
of Guillermo
Frida Kahlo is shown at far right, with
sister Cristina and best friend Isabel
Campos. The photo was taken by
Frida's father, Guillermo Kahlo, in
1919, when Frida was about 12.
FRIDA KAHLO
Coyoacán, Mexico
City
La casa Azul (The
blue house)
KAHLO FAMILY’S
PORTRAIT
1922, entered
National Preparatory
School
Diego Rivera painted
mural “Creation” at
school’s lecture
FRIDA KAHLO
September 17, 1925 Street Car Accident
FRIDA KAHLO
Retablo , 1940
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First Self Portrait “SelfPortrait in a Velvet Dress”,
1926
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1929, Frida and Rivera got
married
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Second Self-Portrait
painting “Time Files”, 1929
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Frida’s Second pregnancy ended in miscarriage in
Detroit. “Henry Ford Hospital”, 1932
Divorced in 1940 after
Rivera had an affair with
her younger sister
“Self Portrait with
cropped hair”, 1940
FRIDA’S AFFAIR
Josephine Baker
American Actress
Isamu Noguchi
American Architect and Artist
Leon Trotsky
Russian Revolutionary
SOLO EXHIBITION
At the Galería de
Arte Contemporáneo
in Mexico City
Attending the opening
on bed
DEATH
It was reported to be caused by
a pulmonary embolism, but
there have also been stories
about a possible suicide.
*Pulmonary is a common and potentially
lethal condition that can cause death in
all age groups
July, 14 1954
FUNERAL
STYLES
143 paintings, 55 are self-portraits
Incorporate symbolic portrayals of physical
and psychological wounds
Intense and Vibrant color that was in fluence
by Mexican Culture
PAINTINGS
The Adelita, Pancho Villa and Frida,
1927
Portrait of
Miquel N. Lira,1927
1928
PAINTINGS
Tray with Poppies,1924
Urban Landscape,1925
PAINTINGS
Frieda and Diego
Rivera,1931
My Birthy,1932
PAINTINGS
Self-Portrait Along the Boarder Line Between
Mexico and the United States, 1932
The Broken Column, 1944
PAINTINGS
Wounded Deer 1946
Diego and I, 1949
PAINTINGS
Morphine and Alcohol
Still life with Flag, 1954
Viva la Vida,
Watermelons, 1954
"I hope the leaving is joyful and I hope
never to return"
Frida Kahlo
Last word
July 13,1954