Without Hope Frida Kahlo

I chose this painting by Frida Kahlo because of everything that happened in her past. When she got into the accident she basically lost all hope. But she never lost hope in her artwork. i love the red and oranges she uses in this artwork. i also like how there is something like two suns I believe. This painting is sort of representing her inner feelings and he thoughts about life during that time.

Without Hope

I decided to pick this painting of Frida's because it represents a very important part and time of her life. It shows her mindset at the time because of her injuries. She was suffering from a lack of appetite due to her serious injuries and she was prescribed a forced diet by her doctor. This painting also shows that even though Frida may not have seen the light at the end of the tunnel, she still made it through the hardest point of her life.

Vivia la Vida Watermelons

This is a painting by Frida Kahlo called Vivia La Vida. This means Long Lived life. I like this painting because it reminds me of the summer. The colors in this are vibrant, I like the blue sky background. I also like how she carved the name of the painting along with her name into the watermelon. I think this painting is very fun and eye catching. 

Girl with Death Mask (1938)

I found this piece by Frida Kahlo very interesting and eerie as well. This is supposedly a self-portrait she painted in 1938 depicting herself at 4 years of age. She is seen wearing a mask customarily worn during Mexico's celebration of the "Day of the Dead." The little girl in the painting is holding a yellow blossom which resembles the tagete's bloom, which are put onto the graves of their relatives during the festival of the "Day of the Dead." The painted tiger mask sitting next to the little girl is there to depict a similar mask that hangs on the wall of the dining room in Frida's house.

Self Portrait with Monkey Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo painted Self Portrait with Monkey in 1940. I picked this painting because I thought her story behind the painting was interesting. She chooses yellow for madness, sickness, and fear instead of happiness. she also puts a red ribbon in her hair that wraps around her neck to represent claustrophobia. The money in the painting had his hand also, wrapped around her neck represent that she is being choked. The monkey also represents a close family member.

Tree of Hope, Remain Strong by Frida Kahlo

This painting known as "Tree of Hope, Remain Strong" was created by Frida Kahlo in 1946. This painting first caught my eye due to the strange background, featuring two moons and a cracking ground. This painting seems to be referencing Frida's back injury, with lacerations on the woman's back and Frida hold what appears to be a back brace. This painting represents Frida giving herself courage through this painful and hopeless experience, and helping herself push through her adversities.

Moses (1945) by Frida Kahlo

I honestly picked this painting because I can stare at it for hours and keep seeing something new. So much is going on in this, the symbolism, the depiction, the individual metaphors and the emotional reaction. This painting was drawn as a miniature mural, maybe as a result of influenced by her famous husband Diego Rivera, who is famous as a muralist . In this painting, in the center is an abandoned baby which has a third eye in his forehead. This baby's face resembles Diego Rivera and Frida always paint him with the third eye of wisdom in her other paintings. The birth is under a sun flanked by heroes, gods, other human beings and the hands of death. In the foreground there is a baby in the conch and which is spurting waters into the shell. Frida referred that as "symbol of love". There are branches extending out from the dead tree trunks. In many of her other paintings Frida use this to refer the life and death cycle in the world.