FRIDA KAHLO
Early Life
● born: July 6, 1907 in Coyoacán,
Mexico City, Mexico
● died: July 13, 1954 Coyoacán,
Mexico City, Mexico
● studied at Escuela Nacional
Preparatoria and Colegio Alemán
Alexander von Humboldt
● she was influenced by
indigenous Mexican culture
About Her Art
● Frida painting during the 20th
century
● Her paintings were a
combination of surrealism and
magic realism
“Me and My Parrot”
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painted in 1941
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oil painting
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created the same year her father died
and of her affair with Nikolas Muray,
a successful photographer
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The colors of Frida’s self portrait are
somewhat muted, with pops of
bright yellow on the parrots
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the parrots represent bearers of the
Hindu god Kama