ARTIST OF THE DAY: FRIEDA KAHLO

ABOUT FRIEDA KAHLO

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Wikipedia

Born: July 6, 1907, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico

Died: July 13, 1954, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico

On view: Museo Dolores Olmedo, The Museum of Modern Art, DIA

Periods: Naïve art, Modern art, Surrealism, Magical Realism, Symbolism, Naturalism, Primitivism, Social realism, Cubism

Spouse: Diego Rivera (m. 1940–1954), Diego Rivera (m. 1929–1939)

Siblings: Cristina Kahlo, Margarita Kahlo Cardena

SOURCE: WKIKPEDIA

QUOTE BY FRIEDA KAHLO

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

“Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.” – Frida Kahlo

WHAT I WISH FOR YOU TODAY

FLY!