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This 9 page report discusses the short life of Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) and her remarkable paintings. She created art that has become recognized as some of the most provocative and profound paintings of the 20th century. Her work was generally small and almost always extremely personal. She created numerous self-portraits in a style that was both filled with fantasy and themes of native Mexican art, archaeology, and myth. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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almost always extremely personal. She created numerous self-portraits in a style that was both filled with fantasy and themes of native Mexican art, archaeology, and myth. It should be noted
that "Mexico has decreed that her paintings may not leave its borders" (Time International 102). In her painting, she regularly juxtaposes discordant images with seemingly "normal" portraiture which judging
by her art and the biographical details of her life must have been how she perceived herself. The boldness of her paintings suggests confidence and a certain measure of outrageousness,
and yet, in-depth study of her life and her work will demonstrate that her life was one of both physical and mental pain and a large measure of insecurity regarding
her talent and role as an artist. One of the most painful, yet telling, of her works clearly demonstrates that. In "The Broken Column" (1944) she portrays herself wearing an
elaborate metal brace/corset which is open in the front and shows that she has a broken column where her spine should be. It is a disturbing image that serves as
both a reference to her perception of herself as well as her physical problems from contracting polio as a child and injuries that had been the result of a bus
accident in 1925 at the age of 18. Boldly Timid -- Strongly Fragile In each of her works, especially the self-portraits, Frida Kahlo presents a world of bold colors and
the straight-forward gaze of her subjects. Her use of color is intense and her sense of the fantastic pulls a viewer into a painting in ways that are not immediately
obvious. And yet, from her life story, it is clear that Kahlo had enormous misgivings and insecurities. A woman who could present herself in an almost iconographic fashion and was
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