Frida & Diego (sb) PROJECT IN WORK

By Suzboswell
  • FRIDA'S BIRTH, Coyoacan, Mexico (near Mexico City)

    FRIDA'S BIRTH, Coyoacan, Mexico (near Mexico City)

    b. Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon. She is the third of 4 daughters.(Photo by Guillermo Kahlo, June 15, 1919)

  • MEXICAN REVOLUTION - 1910-1920

  • FRIDA - POLIO at age 6 - required 9 months therapy and recuperation, resulted in withered right leg.

  • MEXICAN RENAISSANCE - 1920-1950

    Mexican Renaissance occurred following the Mexican Revolution. It resulted in many murals in public buildings and it honored the dignity of the working masses. Diego Rivera, along with Orozco and Siqueiros were considered the three great muralists. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-arthistory/chapter/the-mexican-renaissance/

  • FRIDA - EDUCATION Escuela Nacional Preparatoria. She was 1 of the 35 girls chosen out of 2000 applicants. Her goal was to study medicine.

    Many of her close friends at the school supported socialist ideas. Their early discussions formed foundation for her lifelong interest in communism. It was at this school where she first saw Diego Rivera working on the mural, "Creation" in the school's lecture hall.

  • FRIDA INFLUENCED by HER FATHER - He teaches her how to use a camera and how to develop, retouch and color photographs.

  • FRIDA'S ACCIDENT at age 18 - Devastating accident that plagued her throughout her life/

    FRIDA'S ACCIDENT at age 18 - Devastating accident that plagued her throughout her life/

    Drawing by Frida Kahlo in 1926.
  • FRIDA'S 1st SELF-PORTRAIT - "Self-portrait in a Velvet Dress"

    FRIDA'S 1st SELF-PORTRAIT - "Self-portrait in a Velvet Dress"

    Painted as a gift for her boyfriend.
  • POST-ACCIDENT PHOTO - Age 19

    POST-ACCIDENT PHOTO - Age 19

    Photo taken by father, Guillermo Kahlo. She sits to hide her withered right leg.

  • FRIDA INTRODUCED to DIEGO RIVERA at a party

    She later shows him some of her paintings and he tells her she has talent. Diego begins to court Frida.

  • FRIDA'S COMMUNIST CONNECTIONS 1927, 1928

    1927 - Frida joined the Young Communist League
    1928 - Frida joined the Mexico Communist Party
  • MARRIAGE - FRIDA and DIEGO

    MARRIAGE - FRIDA and DIEGO

    Frida was 22 years old, Diego was 42 years old. It was a civil ceremony. Frida's mother is unhappy with the union, her father is less resistant.
  • FRIDA and DIEGO TRAVEL to UNITED STATES

    FRIDA and DIEGO TRAVEL to UNITED STATES

    They left Mexico for a trip to US, first stop being San Francisco. Diego had several commissions in the states. Frida created this painting in 1931. The ribbon above their heads says, "Here you see us, Frieda Kahlo, with my beloved husband, Diego Rivera. I painted these portraits in the beautiful city of San Francisco for our friend Albert Bender".
  • DR. LEO ELOESSER, Well-known San Francisco bone surgeon becomes her most trusted medical advisor for the rest of her life.

    DR. LEO ELOESSER, Well-known San Francisco bone surgeon becomes her most trusted medical advisor for the rest of her life.

    This painting was created in 1931 and shows Dr. Eloesser's sailboat in background.
  • FRIDA'S RELATIONSHIP with PHOTOGRAPHER NICHOLAS MURAY

    FRIDA'S RELATIONSHIP with PHOTOGRAPHER NICHOLAS MURAY

    Frida and Diego returned to Mexico where Frida meets Hungarian photographer, Nicholas Muray and has an on/off love affair that lasts almost 10 years. This photo (1939) is among many photos of Frida taken by Muray.
  • DIEGO'S MOMA RETROSPECTIVE

    DIEGO'S MOMA RETROSPECTIVE

    Diego and Frida attend Diego's retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art. This painting was part of the exhibition, "Agrarian Leader Zapata."

  • DIEGO at DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS COMMISSION

    Frida and Diego arrive in Detroit for the Ford Motor Company commission of mural at the DIA.
  • MISCARRIAGE AT DETROIT'S HENRY FORD HOSPITAL

    MISCARRIAGE AT DETROIT'S HENRY FORD HOSPITAL

    Frida has miscarriage at the Henry Ford Hospital. This painting addresses her feelings and concerns.

  • edit ... ROCKEFELLER CENTER COMMISSION RESCINDED

    Mural was destroyed 2/10/1934 edit ... find pic
    p 165 HH
    4 DAYS LATER General Motors cancel's Rivera's Chicago World's Fair commission.

  • edit SAN ANGEL HOME - MOVED INTO NEW HOME

    FIND PICTURE - describe dual home p 179 HH

  • edit SEPARATION / CHRISTINA AFFAIR

    edit ... find picof Christina and Diego
    Frida moved out of house (summer - the timeline date is not accurate) moves to apartment?????

  • edit TROTSKY and WIFE at CASA AZUL

    edit - find pic of trotsky and group
    ASYLUM granted to be in mexico largely because of Rivera's intervention.DATE ON TIMELINE ... UNSURE

  • edit RELATIONSHIP with ANDRE BRETON

    edit find pic what the water gave me

  • edit FRIDA'S FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION - JULIEN LEVY GALLERY

    IMPORTANT .. HER FIRST SOLO EXHIBIT AT JULIEN LEVY GALLERY
    eDward g. robinson buys 4 paintings at 200 each
    there exists a list ofthe asking prices and names of all paintings. find online and insert a link in this section