Kahlo Frida (Frida Kahlo). Artist Frida Kahlo. Pictures, biography

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An artist who left a bright mark on history in spite of everything, controversial, bright, hysterically frank and unhappy, possessing everything and nothing at the same time. Icon of feminists and representatives of sexual minorities. Kahlo Frida.

Early years

Kalo was born on July 6, 1907 in Mexico City. As the third child of a "Jewish" German and Mexican mother with an Indian child, she grew up carefree until she contracted polio at age 6.

She did not manage to fully recover, as the disease withered her right leg, causing lameness, which Frida hid until the last days with the help of trousers and long skirts of national dresses. Frida Kahlo (biography shows this) only hardened from these hardships, despite her young age. Despite everything, the future artist decided to lead the most active life, attending sports sections and preparing to become a doctor. Eyewitnesses claim that they could not believe the problems with the leg, as Kahlo "moved along the corridors with the swiftness of a swallow." It would seem that the problems have been overcome, the future and the boundless scope of activity are ahead, but fate has judgedotherwise.

Accident

At the age of 18, Kahlo Frida got into a car accident - the bus in which she was traveling with her friend rammed a tram. The companion escaped with minor injuries, while the artist herself damaged almost everything that was possible, among the main injuries were: a fracture of the spine in three places, an almost crushed pelvis and foot, and broken ribs. Among other things, the iron rod pierced her stomach, minimizing the possibility of ever becoming a mother. Contrary to all predictions, Frida once again showed strength of mind and survived. Over the course of many years, she underwent more than thirty operations, was bedridden, pulled into an orthopedic corset and plaster. Cynical and terrible is the fact that it was because of this tragedy that the girl first picked up a brush. Going crazy with loneliness and thoughts that tore apart her mind, she began to paint self-portraits.

Lying down was not easy, but the special stretcher and mirror above the bed helped in this endeavor. In the future, the artist Frida Kahlo expressed most of her torment and aspirations precisely in self-portraits, all her work was built on them. Such a step was not due to narcissism. Judge for yourself: for endless minutes, hours, days, she was left to herself, digging, learning, looking. All that flow of emotions, forces and despair, through which she perceived the world, was reflected in her. The face on the canvas as an intermediary between the external and the internal. Nonsensical, funny, sharp and outrageously frank, the center of joy andlife - this is how others saw her, but the real Frida Kahlo (pictures, photos, diaries will not let you lie) gnawed at herself from the inside, trying to wrest from fate what was due to her.

Diego

The inner core, the hardness of which even titanium would envy, did not disappoint this time either - Frida got to her feet, but did not stop drawing. Every step, every breath of her was now accompanied by constant pain, but it didn’t matter - she survived and was ready to move on. Kahlo found herself in the brush, but lacked self-confidence, so she decided to seek advice from the then-famous artist Diego Rivera. Again, the mockery of fate - then went to get stronger and find confidence, but found the greatest pain of her life.

Diego was impressed by both the paintings and the artist herself, and after a while he asked Frida's father for her hand. All the love, awe and emotions of the moment were absorbed by the diary of Frida Kahlo, which she kept until the end of her life. Even the possibility of such a union, the Kahlo couple perceived with indignation, calling it "the marriage of an elephant and a dove", and this was not an exaggeration - Rivera was two decades older, a centner heavier and generally looked like a good-natured cannibal. However, due to his incredible charisma, talent and sense of humor, he was known as a conqueror of women's hearts, which is why the "cannibal" became practically his middle name - he tied, absorbed beautiful and talented women. After another serious conversation with the father of her beloved, officially accepting and recognizing the fact that Frida will haveshaky he alth until the end of his life and will never give him children, the "cannibal" received a blessing for marriage. Eyewitnesses claim that the wedding itself was the quintessence of their future life - a fragile bride in a national costume, richly decorated with jewelry and flowers so beloved by her, and an elephant-like groom, a feast of madness and Rivera's ex-wife, who lifted Kahlo's skirt in front of everyone, exclaiming: "Look, What matches did Diego trade my perfect legs for! The apotheosis was the finger of one of the guests, which the groom accidentally shot in a fit of frustration. Truly, whatever you call a yacht, so it will float.

Life together

It was a volcano, no exaggeration. Kahlo Frida, passionate, carried away, practically idolized her husband, recognizing his talent, but at the same time allowing herself to point out flaws in her work. Diego was furious, crushed everything that came to hand, and left the house, always returning. In fairness, it should be noted that he did not raise his hand to his wife, although he did not disdain such gestures earlier - he almost stabbed one of his mistresses, who gave birth to his daughter. This is probably due to the fact that he recognized her as an equal - both in spirit and in talent. However, this did not stop him from ruffling the skirts of all the women that he met on the way. Frida Kahlo, whose photo you can see below, was tormented, suffered, but did not stop loving.

Five years of joint dancing on a powder keg ended in a noisy break, but they never learned to live separately from each other - a year later they got back together. Cheating husbandcontinued, as did the torment of his wife. In an effort to somehow take revenge, the artist also went on a rampage, letting both men and women into her bed. Naturally, Diego tore and metal, because, in his opinion, what is available to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull.

Leo Trotsky

Frida Kahlo, whose biography is very dramatic, together with her husband was an ardent admirer of the ideology of Leon Trotsky. In 1936, the latter, persecuted by Stalin, directed his steps to hot, hospitable Mexico at the invitation of Rivera, in order to honor his followers with his presence. However, Frida met them upon arrival, as the day before her husband had been hospitalized with kidney inflammation.

After escorting them to her ancestral home, she, driven by a desire to hurt her husband more, decided to test her spell on Trotsky. Surprisingly, Leo succumbed, replacing the revolutionary fever with more base emotions. The piquancy of the situation was added by the fact that he came to visit with his wife, managing to cheat on her with Kahlo almost in front of her nose. The language barrier became an ally in this matter, since the wife spoke only Russian, but the woman could not ignore the intensity of the air and the looks that her husband threw at the artist. All this led to a break in relations between the Trotskys, after which Lev moved to the estate of a friend of Rivera. He wrote Frida letter after letter, encountering a sluggish response. The revolutionary was anything but a blind man. Accepting the fact that Kahlo Frida did not want him, he asked to return to his wife. The trip to Mexico became fatal for Trotsky - in 1940 hewas killed by an NKVD officer.

Creativity

All Kahlo's works are distinguished by their bright individuality, it is impossible to single out a single mediocre picture, every canvas is a nugget. However, in everything she wrote, there is a bitterness of hopes that will not come true. Somewhere it is frank, somewhere it is barely noticeable, drowned out by an ode to nature in all its violence and the triumph of life. Pain and passion seemed to have become her brushes. Whatever the work, then juiciness, violence, excess and such a chilling depth that you can read the story on the lips. These are not so much paintings that Frida Kahlo wrote, books, rather, in which the whole tragedy of a restless soul is written out in syllables. Consider some of her canvases that reflect the moment.

Henry Ford Hospital

This painting, painted in 1932, is the focus of Frida Kahlo's pain as a woman and mother.

The canvas depicts the artist herself, who lost her child in this ill-fated hospital. Due to the monstrous injuries suffered after the accident, Kahlo was unable to bear the baby, however, despite her fragile he alth and the warnings of doctors, she became pregnant three times, each time hoping for a miracle that never happened. The work shows us Frida, lying in a mean hospital bed covered in blood. The body is rounded, still keeping the memory of what was being prepared to feed the child. Three ribbons that connect the artist with an unborn child, a snail - the slow progress of pregnancy, and the pelvic bones that caused the tragedy. In the background is dry, soulless America, which cannot give rest. Stingythe real Frida Kahlo also shows an anguish. Photos of that period are compressed lips, eyebrows like the wings of an alarmed bird and endless hopelessness in dark eyes.

A Few Small Nips

And this painting, created in 1935, fully describes what happened to Kahlo during his life together with Rivera.

Extra confirmation of this is her phrase, in which she described two accidents in her life - a bus and Diego.

The Two Fridas

Born in 1939, Kahlo Frida showed an ambivalent sense of self.

On the one hand, a he althy woman, full of strength, opportunities and hopes, which the artist could become not only in her soul, but also in reality, on the other hand, a harsh, weakened reality. At the same time, they have a common circulatory system, they are one.

End

In the forties, Kahlo finally passed. Her he alth was getting worse and worse, due to gangrene her leg was amputated, however, this did not help to avoid the end - on 1954-13-07 the artist died.

Force of spirit did not leave her for a minute, eight days before her death she managed to finish the picture, glorifying the life that she did not have time to fully enjoy.

Today

History treats those who had the courage to break out and prove themselves, albeit burned along the way, indulgently. The family estate in Mexico, which became the beginning and end for the artist, is now the Frida Kahlo Museum, in whichthere is an urn with her ashes. The atmosphere and the general atmosphere of the house are carefully preserved in order to convey to the descendants at least a part of the spirit, life and light that were inherent in Kahlo during his lifetime. The memory of Frida does not lose ground - films are made about her, both documentary and feature. Not without strange phenomena - recently a photo was leaked to the network, which depicts the artist next to the Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky. It caused a stir, biographers tried to dig through all those written confirmations of the movements of the heroes, photos, in order to find out if their meeting could actually happen.

Until now, they have not come to a common denominator, but there is a high probability that the photo, which depicts a half-naked armed Frida Kahlo and Mayakovsky on the left hand, is not a fake. No matter how true the photo is, the pair's mesmerizing appeal is hard to deny.