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Frida Kahlo

1907–1954 · Mexico · Realism, Surrealism

Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Wikipedia

What to look for

Self-portraits with joined eyebrows, Mexican costume and folk-art colour; pain, body and identity in symbolic detail.

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Works

• “The Two Fridas”, 1939 — Museo de Arte Moderno
• “The Broken Column”, 1944 — Museo Dolores Olmedo
• “Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird”, 1940 — Harry Ransom Center
• “The Wounded Deer”, 1946
• “Frieda and Diego Rivera”, 1931 — San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• “What the Water Gave Me”, 1938 — Daniel Filipacchi
• “The Love Embrace of the Universe, the Earth (Mexico), Myself, Diego, and Señor Xolotl”, 1949
• “The Wounded Table”, 1940
• “The Dream (The Bed)”, 1940
• “Self-Portrait with Monkey”, 1938 — Buffalo AKG Art Museum
• “Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky”, 1937 — National Museum of Women in the Arts
• “The Suicide of Dorothy Hale”, 1939 — Phoenix Art Museum
• “Memory or the Heart”, 1937
• “Henry Ford Hospital”, 1932 — Museo Dolores Olmedo
• “My Dress Hangs There”, 1933
• “Viva la Vida, Watermelons”, 1954 — Frida Kahlo Museum
• “My Grandparents, My Parents, and I (Family Tree)” — Museum of Modern Art
• “Two Nudes in a Forest”, 1939
• “Marxism Will Give Health to the Sick”, 1954 — Frida Kahlo Museum
• “Diego and I”, 1949
• “A Few Small Nips”, 1935 — Museo Dolores Olmedo
• “Fulang-Chang and I”, 1937 — Museum of Modern Art
• “Roots”, 1943
• “Without Hope”, 1945
• “Fruits of the Earth”, 1938
• “Magnolias”, 1945
• “Portrait of Miguel N. Lira”, 1927
• “The Bride Frightened at Seeing Life Opened”, 1943
• “Self-portrait in a Velvet Dress”, 1926
• “Self Portrait with Braid”, 1941
• “Portrait of My Father”, 1951
• “Self Portrait Dedicated to Dr Eloesser”, 1940
• “Self Portrait as a Tehuana”, 1943
• “Self Portrait with Loose Hair”, 1947
• “Self Portrait with Monkeys”, 1943
• “Portrait of Diego Rivera”, 1937
• “Itzcuintli Dog with Me”, 1938
• “Me and My Parrots”, 1941
• “Still Life (Round)”, 1942
• “Still Life with Parrot and Flag”, 1951

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