Las Dos Fridas

“I Paint Dreams Or Nightmares. I Paint My Own Reality”

Frida Kahlo (1924 – 1954)

 Artist: Frida Kahlo.
Work: Las Dos Fridas.
Period: Modern Art, Surrealism.
Material: Oil painting.
Creation date: Year 1939.
Genre: Self Portrait.
 BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST

Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo; Coyoacán, México, 1907 she

was a Mexican painter, she created an absolutely personal, naive
and deeply metaphorical painting at the same time, derived from
her exalted sensitivity and from various events that marked her
life. The tragic sign of her existence, was marked by the fight
against the disease, she had begun when she at the age of six she
contracted polio that left her important consequences.
 DESCRIPTION - ANALYSIS -
INTERPRETATION
Las dos Fridas is a painting by Frida Kahlo that shows the separation
between two personalities. Both are seated on a bench and are holding
hands, one on the right side is dressed in a simple Mexican style Tehuano
costume, and the Frida on the left side wears a white European style
costume.
The most direct interpretation is that the representation of the sentimental
situation that the artist was going through. Despite this, the breakup is not
considered the central motive but rather the engine that drives the artist to
brilliantly paint her inner world linked to the outside.
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS SPECIFIC ART MOVEMENT, ARTIST AND WORK OF
ART?
"I paint self-portraits because I am alone a lot. I paint myself because I
am the one I know best"
"Feet, what do I want them for if I have wings to fly?"
Thanks…