The Two Fridas

THE TWO FRIDAS - medium?

oil on canvas

THE TWO FRIDAS - how does Kahlo show her heartbreak of Diego?

right Frida is holding a small portrait of him when he was a child

THE TWO FRIDAS - what does the right Frida represent?

sad and weak Frida, brokenhearted, weakened by the divorce

THE TWO FRIDAS - why didn't Frida want to be associated with the surrealists?

she said she didn't paint her dreams but her own reality

THE TWO FRIDAS - artist?

Frida Kahlo

THE TWO FRIDAS - what does the blood in her lap mean?

abortions, miscarriages, and surgeries, inability to conceive

THE TWO FRIDAS - what is the vien symbolism?

acts as an umbilical cord, Rivera as both husband and son

THE TWO FRIDAS - what does the barren landscape represent?

adds to inner sense of confusion

THE TWO FRIDAS - what does Frida cutting the artery of the heart mean?

clamping off literally and figuratively her relationship with Rivera

THE TWO FRIDAS - how does Kahlo show the two portraits' bond?

connected vien

THE TWO FRIDAS - what is the right Frida wearing?

dressed as a Mexican peasant

THE TWO FRIDAS - what is the left Frida wearing?

dressed as a Spanish lady in white lace wedding dress, linking her to a European heritage

THE TWO FRIDAS - context of what was happening in Frida's life?

following her divorce with Diego Rivera

THE TWO FRIDAS - subject matter?

representation of her loneliness, sadness, and pain

THE TWO FRIDAS - what is the left Frida representing?

the strong Frida, independent

THE TWO FRIDAS - what was Kahlo known for?

transforming the meaning behind a self-portrait, defied beauty standards, difficult childhood