Frida Kahlo (Leaving Cert Art): Flashcards
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Frida Kahlo's nationality
Frida Kahlo's nationality
Mexican
3 main themes in Kahlo's art
3 main themes in Kahlo's art
Pain, identity, cultural heritage
Kahlo's famous muralist husband
Kahlo's famous muralist husband
Diego Rivera
Name of Kahlo's family home (now museum)
Name of Kahlo's family home (now museum)
La Casa Azul (Blue House)
Year & age of Kahlo's bus accident
Year & age of Kahlo's bus accident
1925, age 18
Long-term effects of bus accident
Long-term effects of bus accident
Chronic pain & infertility
Political party Kahlo joined (1927)
Political party Kahlo joined (1927)
Mexican Communist Party
Year Kahlo married Diego Rivera
Year Kahlo married Diego Rivera
1929
Did Kahlo accept the surrealist label?
Did Kahlo accept the surrealist label?
No - she painted her own reality, not dreams
Animals Kahlo used as symbols
Animals Kahlo used as symbols
Monkeys & parrots
Kahlo's 1932 hospital painting title
Kahlo's 1932 hospital painting title
Henry Ford Hospital
Kahlo's 1939 double self-portrait title
Kahlo's 1939 double self-portrait title
The Two Fridas
1940 painting with thorn necklace title
1940 painting with thorn necklace title
Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace & Hummingbird
1944 painting after spinal surgery
1944 painting after spinal surgery
The Broken Column
Year & age of Kahlo's death
Year & age of Kahlo's death
1954, age 47