Frida Kahlo
1907-1954

This is the third piece in my artist series.

The idea for this particular piece came to me while in was Austin, TX in 2009.
While walking through a series of shops I came across a Mexican store which catered to Frida Kahlo. When I arrived home I started reading about her, viewed movies about her and found her quite fascinating. I then realized that I needed to recreate a small portion of her life in the THE BLUE HOUSE. Note the painting of Stalin on the easel.

Frida Kahlo started out life planning to become a doctor until she became a victim of a tragic bus accident when she was 15. Throughout the rest of her life she endured over 30 operations, and life long pain. She became an artist, a political activist, communist, and was married to muralist Diego Rivera. Frida passed away at the young age of 47 due to health complications.

While I was an art history student in the early 1970s, Frida Kahlo was unknown. It wasn’t until the 1980s that she became a cult icon with movies, books, jewelry, socks etc..

The Blue House is located in Coyoacan, a former suburb of Mexico City.

To learn more about Frida Kahlo you can read up on her in the book entitled KAHLO by Andrea Kettenmann.