Essays on Frida Kahlo

Considered one of Mexico’s greatest artists, Frida Kahlo, born on July 6, 1907 in Coyocoan, Mexico, transformed her life through self-portraiture. She grew up in her family’s home, which was referred to as ‘the Blue House’, and later died there on 13 July 1954. Painting during the modern and surrealist period, Kahlo’s style of work...

Introduction This essay will examine Frida’s work named self-portrait with cropped hair from the viewpoint of identity. Identity is the way that individuals perceive and express themselves (Swann, Polzer & Seyle, 2004). In other words, it is about answering the question: “Who am I?”. Different factors that people are born with like sexes, bodies, as...

In post-revolutionary Mexico the construction of a national identity with the aim to unite a fractured and factionalised country was the priority for many artists, intellectuals and government officials. Frida Kahlo, who was producing work in this era of introspection and negotiation of identities, shared a desire to search for a mexicanidad that could define...