Frida Kahlo It is undoubtedly one of the most representative cultural figures of Mexico In the world. He is famous not only for his particular artistic style but for his universal vision of the human condition, and his gaze on popular art and the exalting of indigenism.
The full name of Frida was Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderón. He was born in 1907. In 1925, when he was 17, Kahlo suffered an accident that left him multiple sequelae, with which he had to deal with his entire life. His work is strongly influenced by his personal experiences and the pain he suffered after his accident.
Frida Kahlo was a painting teacher at the School of Plastic Arts and member of the Mexican Culture Seminar. His work is exhibited in different museums in the world, including his own home in Coyoacán, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Georges Pompidou Center, in Paris, France.
Frida Kahlo died at her house in Coyoacán In Mexico City in 1954, at the age of 47.
Although all the works of Frida Kahlo have a spinal importance in art And culture of the world, there is one that is considered the most outstanding: The two fridas.
The two fridasFrida Kahlo's most famous work
The two fridas It is one of the most representative works of Frida Kahlothe painter made this work in 1939 when she returned to Mexico After divorcing Mexican mural Diego Rivera, with whom he lived in the United States. This is one of the only two large format works that frida painted, as it measures 173.5 x 173 cm.