From
1926 until her death, the Mexican painter
Frida Kahlo created striking,
often shocking, images that reflected her turbulent life. 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. In 1925 Frida Kahlo was gravely hurt in a bus accident. She spent over a
year in bed, recovering from fractures of her back, collarbone, and
ribs, as well as a shattered pelvis and shoulder and foot injuries.
Despite more than 30 subsequent operations, Frida Kahlo spent the rest
of her life in constant pain. During her convalescence Frida Kahlo had
begun to paint with oils. Frida's mother had a special easel made for
her so she could paint in bed, and her father lent her his box of oil
paints and some brushes
Her pictures, mostly self-portraits and still life's, were deliberately
naive, filled with the bright colors and flattened forms of the Mexican
folk art she loved. Frida Kahlo had studied art before, at the National
Preparatory School, where she had met Diego Rivera when he was painting
the "Creation Mural", but Frida Kahlo had never worked on paintings
before. Over her bed, Frida Kahlo had a mirror so she could see herself,
and this was the beginning of her focus on self portraits....
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