1. Surrealism, Magic Realism, and a Personal Journey
Frida Kahlo
Surrealism, Magic Realism, and a Personal Journey

2. Frida Kahlo
Born July 6, 1907 in the town of Coyoacán in Mexico, Frida Kahlo survived many difficult events in her life, including contracting polio as a child, a long recovery from a serious car accident, two failed marriages, and several miscarriages.
She used these experiences, combined with strong Mexican and Native American cultural influences, to create highly personal paintings. She painted using vibrant colors in a style that was influenced by indigenous cultures of Mexico as well as by European influences that include, Realism, Symbolism , and Surrealism. Many of her works are self-portraits that symbolically express her own pain and sexuality. Kahlo used personal symbolism mixed with Surrealism to express her suffering through her work. A viewer might classify her paintings as Surrealism or Magic Realism, but she considered her art to be realistic.
She was the third wife of the Famous Mexican painter and muralist, Diego Rivera.
Kahlo died July 13, 1954 of pulmonary embolism.

4. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera (1931)

5. The Deer

6. The Broken Column (1944)

7. The Two Fridas (1939)

8. Henry Ford Hospital (1932)

9. Roots

10. The Love-Embrace of the Universe (1949)

11. Lo Que Me Dio el Agua
(What The Water Gave Me)