HBICs of history » Frida Kahlo
Frida (1907-1954) was a Mexican painter, perhaps best known for her self-portraits. Her work has been celebrated in Mexico as emblematic of national tradition, and by feminists for its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form. Her work has also been described as “surrealist”, and in 1938 André Breton, principal initiator of the surrealist movement, described Kahlo’s art as a “ribbon around a bomb”.
Kahlo had a volatile marriage with the famous Mexican artist Diego Rivera. She suffered lifelong health problems, many of which derived from a traffic accident she experienced as a teenager. These issues are represented in her works, many of which are self-portraits of one sort or another. Kahlo suggested, “I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.”.
She also stated, “I was born a bitch. I was born a painter.”
Reblogging at the risk of attracting malheureuxmarxists’ ire, because Frida Kahlo was pretty cool.
(Source: renaissancemadonna, via sendforbromina)
