Frida kahlo paintings artworks

Frida Kahlo's paintings are incredibly famous, but their meanings can remain enigmatic. Here are the stories behind 10 Frida Kahlo paintings.

Collection Antony Bryan Self Portrait - Time Flies (1929) This self-portrait was painted the year Frida and Diego were married. It portrays the Frida that Rivera loved. Here she has replaced the Renaissance style of her previous paintings with the more traditional Mexican folk style of painting that was being used by Diego in his murals. This painting is in sharp contrast to her first selfportrait (1926) in which she appears as the melancholy aristocrat in dark flat colors. She now uses…

Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón—commonly known as Frida Kahlo—influenced art, fashion and politics, making a considerable mark on today’s society.

FRIDA KAHLO, ‘Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird’, 1940. Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin. @ransomcenter

See paintings from a massive new coffee table book from Taschen, "Frida Kahlo: The Complete Paintings," by Luis-Martín Lozano.

See paintings from a massive new coffee table book from Taschen, "Frida Kahlo: The Complete Paintings," by Luis-Martín Lozano.

Frida Kahlo: The Complete Paintings allows readers a privileged glimpse into the private world of the legendary artist, in the most comprehensive collection of her works yet