Frida khalo artwork

Frida Kahlo's paintings are incredibly famous, but their meanings can remain enigmatic. Here are the stories behind 10 Frida Kahlo paintings.

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The painting depicts Frida Kahlo, a famous Mexican artist, standing in a field of flowers. She wears a traditional Mexican dress with a lace collar and floral embroidery. Her dark hair is pulled back and adorned with pink and red flowers. She is looking directly at the viewer with a serious expression, her iconic unibrow prominent. The background features a picturesque town with a church and a row of cypress trees, suggesting a rural landscape. The painting evokes a sense of tranquility…

Exploring themes such as grief, love, and identity, she is now recognized as one of the most revered figures in contemporary art. Continue reading to revisit ten of the most iconic Frida Kahlo paintings.

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Frida Kahlo painted portraits of people other than herself, but they're not as well known. Here, we dive into five of the best.

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Collection Antony Bryan Self Portrait - Time Flies (1929) This self-portrait was painted the year Frida and Diego were married. It portrays the Frida that Rivera loved. Here she has replaced the Renaissance style of her previous paintings with the more traditional Mexican folk style of painting that was being used by Diego in his murals. This painting is in sharp contrast to her first selfportrait (1926) in which she appears as the melancholy aristocrat in dark flat colors. She now uses…

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