Frida

Frida

 

 The mexican artist, Frida Kahlo (above) is one of my favorite female painters. Her wonderful use of vibrant and bold colors and her realistic touch, Frida embodies surrealism. In 1925 , Frida who was 18 at the time, was riding a bus that collided into a trolley. Frida suffered serious injuries to her entire body that left her in a full body cast for 3 months. It was during this time that Frida began to paint. Frida’s works are very different from those who were painting at the time. Even though she eventually recovered and started walking again, the horrible bus/trolley accident left Frida in pain for the rest of her life. Self portraits were the first paintings she had produced. Her self portraits became a major part of her life because of when she was immobile for three months after her accident, Frida once said, “I paint myself because I am often alone and I am the subject I know best.”

Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress, 1926

 

The picture above is one of Frida Kahlo’s first paintings entitled “Self Portrait Wearing a Velvet Dress” that was done in Mexico City in 1926. Frida Kahlo’s was an amazing artist who I personally admire, she is without a doubt one of the most “hypnotically entrancing surrealist painters of our time.”

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