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This portrays her pain of her husband's affair with her younger sister Cristina. In this painting she was heart broken. Her huge heart lies on the ground at her feet, pumping rivers of blood. And her body was pierced by a steel rod with seesawing cupids on either end, which created an accurate visualization of the sensation of her pain.

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Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940)

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Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940)

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Frida Kahlo is known for symbolically portraying her physical and psychological wounds through her self-portraits. In this painting Kahlo is wearing a thorn necklace, blood can be seen tricking from the wounds made on her neck. A black monkey and a black cat are present on left and right side of her. Hummingbird, a symbol of freedom, is hanging lifelessly from the thorn necklace. Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird is perhaps Kahlo’s most critically acclaimed masterpiece.
I just love the symbolism she puts in her paintings. It gives a world of story and meaning.

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Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacan, Mexico. And is considered to be one of Mexico’s greatest artist. She is celebrated in Mexico as her art featured Mexican and indigenous culture. She passed on July 13, 1954.

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This portrait is very different from her other works as she typically draws herself very feminine. Here she is shown with short hair and a suit. This portraits was made after she divorced her Husband David Rivera. The cropped hair and scissors, are shown as Rivera loved Fridas hair, and she would cut it every time he has a affair. The Song translates to "See, if I loved you, it was for your hair, now you're bald, I don't love you anymore.".

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Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón, as her name is in her birth certificate. Frida was born on July 6, 1907 in the house of her parents, known as The Blue House, in Coyoacan. Her father, Guillermo Kahlo (1872-1941), was born in Carl Wilhelm Kahlo in Pforzheim, Germany. Wilhelm Kahlo sailed to Mexico in 1891 at the age of nineteen and, upon his arrival, changed his German forename, Wilhelm, to its Spanish equivalent, 'Guillermo'. During the late 1930s, in the face of rising Nazism in Germany, Frida acknowledged and asserted her German heritage by spelling her name, Frieda (an allusion to "Frieden", which means "peace" in German). Frida's mother, Matilde Calderon and Gonzalez, was a devout Catholic of primarily indigenous, as well as Spanish descent. Frida's parents were married shortly after the death of William's first wife during the birth of her second child. Although their marriage was unhappy, Guillermo and Matilde had four daughters, with Frida being the third. She had two older half sisters. Frida eleven remarked that she grew up in a world surrounded by females. Throughout most of her life, however, Frida remained close to her father.

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At the age of six Frida contracted polio and fell bedridden for 9 months. It has been conjectured that she also suffered from spina bifida, a congenital disease that could have affected both spinal and leg development due, to it her right leg became thinner than her left leg which she hid by wearing long skirt dresses. Her father also had her join sports to help recover her leg. Frida played in soccer, swim and wrestling, which was very odd for a girl to be doing. She nearly died in a bus accident as a teenager. She suffered multiple fractures of the spine, collarbone and ribs, a shattered pelvis, broken foot and a dislocated shoulder. During this time she began to focus heavily on painting while recovering in a body cast. In her lifetime, she had 30 operations.

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Frida Kahlo feel deeply in love with another famous painter of Mexico, Diego Rivera. Their love story was a difficult one as multiple affairs (on both sides) had interfered with their relationship. Kahlo and Rivera eventually had a diverse but eventually remarried

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 “Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?”

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 “Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?”

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“Pain, pleasure, and death are no more than a process for existence. The revolutionary struggle in this process is a doorway open to intelligence.”

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“Pain, pleasure, and death are no more than a process for existence. The revolutionary struggle in this process is a doorway open to intelligence.”

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 “I wish I could do whatever I liked behind the curtain of ‘madness’. Then: I’d arrange flowers, all day long, I’d paint; pain, love and tenderness, I would laugh as much as I feel like at the stupidity of others, and they would all say: ‘Poor thing, she’s crazy!’ (Above all I would laugh at my own stupidity.)I would build my world which while I lived, would be in agreement with all the worlds. The day, or the hour, or the minute that I lived would be mine and everyone else’s – my madness would not be an escape from ‘reality’.” – 

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 “I wish I could do whatever I liked behind the curtain of ‘madness’. Then: I’d arrange flowers, all day long, I’d paint; pain, love and tenderness, I would laugh as much as I feel like at the stupidity of others, and they would all say: ‘Poor thing, she’s crazy!’ (Above all I would laugh at my own stupidity.)I would build my world which while I lived, would be in agreement with all the worlds. The day, or the hour, or the minute that I lived would be mine and everyone else’s – my madness would not be an escape from ‘reality’.” – 

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“They are so damn ‘intellectual’ and rotten that I can’t stand them anymore…I would rather sit on the floor in the market of Toluca and sell tortillas, than have anything to do with those ‘artistic’ bitches of Paris.” 

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“They are so damn ‘intellectual’ and rotten that I can’t stand them anymore…I would rather sit on the floor in the market of Toluca and sell tortillas, than have anything to do with those ‘artistic’ bitches of Paris.” 

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“To feel the anguish of waiting for the next moment and of taking part in the complex current (of affairs) not knowing that we are headed toward ourselves, through millions of stone beings – of bird beings – of star beings – of microbe beings – of fountain beings toward ourselves.” 

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“To feel the anguish of waiting for the next moment and of taking part in the complex current (of affairs) not knowing that we are headed toward ourselves, through millions of stone beings – of bird beings – of star beings – of microbe beings – of fountain beings toward ourselves.” 

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“I paint flowers so they will not die.” 

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“I paint flowers so they will not die.” 

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“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” 

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“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” 

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“They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.” 

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“They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.” 

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“I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.” 

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“I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.” 

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“Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light.”

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“Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light.”

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“I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.” 

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“I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.” 

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 “I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.”

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 “I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.”

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“My painting carries with it the message of pain.”

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“My painting carries with it the message of pain.”

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The Mexican Revolution began in 1910 when Kahlo was three years old. Later, however, Kahlo claimed that she was born in 1910 so people would directly associate her with the revolution. In her writings, she recalled that her mother would usher her and her sisters inside the house as gunfire echoed in the streets of her hometown, which was extremely poor at the time. Occasionally, men would leap over the walls into their backyard and sometimes their mother would prepare a meal for the hungry revolutionaries. In 1922, Kahlo was enrolled in the High School, one of Mexico's premier schools, where she was one of only thirty-five girls. Kahlo joined gang at the school and fell in love with the leader, Alejandro Gomez Arias. During this period, Kahlo also witnessed violent armed struggles in the streets of Mexico City as the Mexican Revolution continued.

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 My Grandparents, My Parents, And I (Family Tree) (1936)

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 My Grandparents, My Parents, And I (Family Tree) (1936)

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Family Tree was created when Hitler and Nazi Germany were on the rise. Through this artwork Kahlo proudly represents her mixed heritage at a time when Hitler outlawed interracial marriages. Frida stands in the middle with her Mexican mother and German born, supposedly Jewish, father behind her. She has also depicted herself in her mother’s womb. Her maternal grandparents are on the left above the mountainous Mexican landscape while she painted her paternal grandparents above the ocean, indicating their European origins.
I like this painting because Frida remained proud and bold in such a time.

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Dorothy Hale was an American actress. The death of her husband, her several failed subsequent relationships, and financial debt had lead her to commit suicide by jumping off a high New York building. Hale’s friend Clare Luce asked Kahlo to create a painting in her memory. Kahlo created this painting which offended Luce so much that she wanted to destroying it. The painting, which is a step by step graphic narrative of the suicide of Dorothy Hale, is one of Kahlo’s most controversial and famous works.

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A Few Small Nips reflects Kahlo’s troubled state of mind on learning that her husband Rivera was having an affair with her sister Cristina. Kahlo draws a parallel between herself and another unfortunate woman about whom she learned in a newspaper. The woman, who was unfaithful, was murdered in an act of jealousy. The painting takes its title from what the murderer said to the judge to defend his action: “But it was just a few small nips!” The ribbon held by two doves bears the title of the painting.

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In this painting Frida can be seen lying on earth with her elbow supporting her head. Her torso is open and she has given birth to a vine. However there is eminent danger as a deep crack is opening next to her. Like many of Kahlo’s works, the painting is well known for its symbolism. In May 2006, Roots sold for US$5.6 million dollars setting an auction record for a Latin American piece of art.
I feel like in this picture Frida is showing a example of how her health is deteriorating. Its really interesting.