Frida Kahlo: 8 works

'Kahlo’s numerous self-portraits frequently associate the artist with her native culture, as her traditional Mexican attire in Frieda and Diego Rivera implies.'

'Frida and the Cesarean is an unfinished artwork that includes many of the themes that obsessed the painter, such as maternity, which was something she couldn't accomplish in her life. This work was created after her first abortion, after three months of pregnancy.'

This festive, patriotic scene perhaps provided some comfort for the homesick artist. She said of the display, “It was like Mexico, with the flower garlands and the papier-mâché figures!"

'This drawing was unknown until 2007, as it was kept in one of the bathrooms of the Blue House with thousands of documents, photographs and artworks, following Diego Rivera desire after he died. Frida portraited herself naked, with her broken column under an elegant transparent dress. '

'Frida Kahlo executed two still life paintings. One is in New York and the other is in her museum.'

'Like many paintings by Frida Kahlo, “Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky” focuses on a particular event in the artist’s life. It commemorates the brief affair Kahlo had with the exiled Russian revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky shortly after his arrival in Mexico in 1937.'

'Viva la Vida, is a very important artwork, as it is known to be the last painting that Frida Kahlo did. Despite her deteriorated health, the title of this work is a tribute to life.'

'This painting has not only her family roots, but the emotional ones as well.'