1. Frida Kahlo

2. Main Facts Born July 6, 1907 Had polio Died July 13, 1954
Mexican/European heritage
Self-portraits expressed pain & passion
Paintings honored national & indigenous traditions
Paintings honored feminists
Need to know the definition of indigenous for the “Frida Kahlo” quiz.

3. An accident severely injured Frida
When Frida was 18 years old, she was on a bus that was hit by a trolley car. She broke her spinal column, collar bone, ribs, pelvis, leg, foot, and shoulder. She had a rod of metal through her abdomen, ruining her ability to bear children. She had 35 surgeries in her lifetime.

4. 1/3 of her portraits
are self portraits. Frida is quoted, “I paint myself because I am so often alone, because I am the subject I know best.” Because of her injuries from the accident, she was laid up in bed more often than not, hence the self portraits.

5. Frida married Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera was a famous Mexican muralist, and he was 20 years older than Frida. Frida was his 3rd marriage, and actually his 4th marriage also, as they divorced and remarried.
Their marriage was rocky—both Frida & Diego had affairs, bad tempers, countered with passion and support for one another’s artistic work.

6. Diego & Frida

7. Diego Rivera Born December 8, 1886 Died November 24, 1957
Mexican heritage
Painted murals
Honored every day life of the indigenous peoples of Mexico

8. Google TIME!
Find the answers to these questions online. Submit them through my contact form on my website at the end of the PowerPoint (there’s more you need to submit later on).
What was Rivera’s connection to the Rockefeller family of the US?
What was Rivera’s preferred political party?
What was Rivera’s painting style?
What was Rivera’s passion he portrayed through his art?

9. Frida once said: "I suffered two grave accidents in my life…One in which a streetcar knocked me down and the other was Diego."

10. Frida is a common reference….
You will find references to Frida and/or Diego
In literature
In artworks
On game shows
In articles
In history

15. Assignment
The next 6 slides are portraits Frida Kahlo painted. Write ONE analysis about each painting. Analyzing is not describing. I don’t want sentences like “The sky is gray.” I want sentences like “The sky may represent her emotions at the time—gloomy and sad.” Google analyze vs. describe if needed.
The last slide of the PowerPoint needs FIVE points of analysis.
Submit them through my contact form on my website, or click here to be taken there. Label them as follows:
Deer:
Leaves:
Dresses:
Monkey:
New York
Husband:
The Two Fridas (need FIVE points)
Don’t forget to include the Diego Rivera questions from earlier in the PowerPoint!