Frida Kahlo

Introduction

The work of Frida Kahlo often labeled and defined as feminist art continues to describe and establish what feminist art is. Wife of the well known and highly regarded Diego Rivera, Frida struggled to become an artist in her own right. Her extremely passionate love for and devotion to her husband manifested itself in an unusual manner in their already unconventional and unique marriage. However it is partly this obsession with Diego that helped motivate her own success as a feminist artist. Her passionate political and revolutionary spirit resonates in the subjects of her paintings as she herself states, "I want my work to be a contribution to the struggle of the people for peace and liberty." (Garza, 201-266)



Frida Kahlo and her wonderful works

Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was considered to be a women of surrealism. She was a popular artist for a "Hispanic" female at the time, and now after her death she is world know and celebrated, she even has a motion picture out about her life and also numerous documentaries. In the majority of her work she painted herself. She showed everyone the "Hispanic" in her art by painting what she was use to and who she was, more than a third of her paintings are self portraits. A strong admiring aspect about Frida Kahlo is she was an artist for herself, not for anyone else. Her people and the 20th century Mexico and her husband who was also a artists influenced her. Some people find Frida Kahlo's artwork offensive, for example The Broken Column, 1944 due to the rawness she portrays. People find these piece amongst others offensive because it is a portrait of her self, which some critics view as conceded and others find her paintings to be crude. Frida Kahlo did not intend ...