“The twenty-first-century Frida is both a star-a commercial property complete with fan clubs and merchandising-and an embodiment of the hopes and aspirations of a near-religious group of followers,” states art historian Oriana Baddeley in her essay for the Tate Modern Frida Kahlo catalog. The term “Fridamania” has been used to describe the phenomenon, with the 21st-century romanticism of Kahlo’s life almost overshadowing her true history. Her fierce pride in her Mexican roots and promotion looking away from Mexico’s colonial roots have also made her a source of pride for Chicanos. Her openness with her sexuality-she was bisexual-and her gender-bending dress has made her an iconic figure in the LGBT community. Kahlo’s place in popular culture began to rise in the 1970s, when scholars began questioning the exclusion of female, non-Western artists from the history books. These achievements are all the more stunning when one remembers that during her lifetime, she was generally referred to as “Diego Rivera’s wife” rather than as an artist in her own right.Ī post shared by Frida Kahlo on at 5:37am PDT She is a feminist, Chicano, and LGBT icon. ![]() Her work continues to gain value, with Two Lovers in a Forest selling for $8 million in 2016. ![]() Still, in 1990 she was the first Latin American artist to sell at auction for over $1 million when Diego and I sold for $1.4 million. By 1984 her work was declared part of Mexico’s national cultural heritage, making it rare to find her paintings in international auctions. While her first painting at auction, The Tree of Hope Stands Firm (1944) only brought in $19,000 when sold at Sotheby’s in 1977, the market for her work continued to grow. The 1938 self-portrait is now on display at the Pompidou Center in Paris as part of the Musée National d’Art Moderne.īut that’s not the only record Frida broke. In 1939, when the Louvre acquired her painting The Frame, Kahlo became the first 20th-century Mexican artist to have their work enter into a major international collection. #FridaKahlo #Painter #Artist #Painting #Art #MéxicoĪ post shared by Frida Kahlo on at 5:34am PDT Her art sets records “Dos desnudos en un bosque (La tierra misma)”. For the rest of her life, she declared that she was born on July 7, 1910-the year the Mexican Revolution started. Thus, to show her commitment to Mexican culture-and disguise the fact that she was older-she shaved three years off her age. After joining the elite National Preparatory School in 1922, she became immersed in indigenismo, a new sense of Mexican cultural pride. Not only did this cause her right leg to be shorter and thinner than her left-something long skirts helped her disguise-but it kept her out of school for quite some time. She lied about her age, but for a good reasonĪt age 6, Frida contracted polio. Her introspective work is made all the more impactful by her use of the self-portrait to express her internal struggles and psychical and mental suffering. A post shared by Frida Kahlo on at 12:46pm PDT She loved self-portraitsĥ5 of her 143 paintings are self-portraits, which is perhaps understandable when thinking about how much time she spent on her own while recovering from a variety of health issue.
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