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Frida Kahlo

The very picture of Self-Portraits

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Self -portraits

  • When Frida was a teenager she was in a terrible bus accident.
  • Because of the accident she was bedridden for most of her life.
  • During Frida’s time there was no TV or video games. There was only radio, books, and making art.
  • Bored with books and radio Frida borrowed a set of her dad’s paints and started making paintings.
  • However because she was confined to her bed she started to make self-portraits.

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  • She made many self-portraits, 55 in all.
  • In these portraits she often looked very serious. Probably because she was concentrating her painting.

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  • In many of the paintings the background was just as important as anything else. It was these backgrounds that had the most to tell.
  • Frida would paint in objects that would be meaningful to her and her life story.

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Frida Kahlo

The very picture of Self-Portraits

  • When Frida was a teenager she was in a terrible bus accident.
  • Because of the accident she was bed ridden for most of her life.
  • During Frida’s time there was no TV or video games. There was only radio, books, and making art.
  • Bored with books and radio Frida borrowed a set of her dad’s paints and started making paintings.
  • However because she was confined to her bed she started to make self-portraits.
  • She made many self-portraits, 55 in all.
  • In these portraits she often looked very serious. Probably because she was concentrating her painting.
  • In many of the paintings the background was just as important as anything else. It was these backgrounds that had the most to tell.
  • Frida would paint in objects that would be meaningful to her and her life story.

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