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Frida Kahlo, Woman and Artist

Only one solo exhibition of Frida Kahlo's work was held during her lifetime. This, in 1953-54, was near the end of her life, and long after she had produced her best work. Today, her art is revered and admired for its sheer accessibility and timelessness, held in high regard by women, Latin Americans, artists, and other marginalized cultures alike. It is through her art that Kahlo expressed herself, and as such, the images that she painted during her lifetime exist not only as a feminist or Mexican critique of life, but the view of one amazing woman among a billion. Here, we will further discuss Kahlo's work and her life, as it is often difficult to separate one from the other. Furthermore, we will analyze much of Kahlo's work through a Jungian psychoanalytic lens, relating the images that Kahlo painted, not only to the surrealist and abstract expressionist movements in Mexico, but in the United States as well.

Frida was born in 1907 to two Jewish immigrants. A poster child for Freud's theories, she adored her father and resented her mother. The family home in Coyocßn, Mexico was painted cobalt blue outside, and for this reason it became known as the Blue House. Frida had three sisters, and though her status as daddy's favorite set her apart from the others, her affliction with polio beginning in 1913 would forever mark her as different. After she healed, Frida was left with a withered right leg that she covered with pants and long skirts. During her recuperation, her father lavished attention on his favorite child, who had once been an energetic tomboy. He helped Frida exercise and, in an attempt to find ways of entertaining her, he gave his daughter some paints. It is said that Guillermo Kahlo preferred Frida to his other children because she was the most intelligent. And in 1922, Frida made Guillermo even prouder when she became one of 35 women from a student body of 2,000 to be admitted to the prestigious National Preparatory ...

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