My two most recent posts have featured paintings by Frido Kahlo. My wife and I visited an exhibit, “Frida: Beyond the Myth,” at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and I shared some paintings we saw there.
I have a final painting to share, and it’s a bit unusual – not one that is typical of what I know of Kahlo’s style. This painting, “Urban Landscape,” was painted in 1925 when Kahlo was 18 years old. The style, to me, is more a mix of Charles Sheeler – or perhaps Charles Demuth – and Edward Hopper.
The pics below. Top left: Kahlo; top right: Sheeler; bottom left: Demuth; bottom right: Hopper.
I have a final painting to share, and it’s a bit unusual – not one that is typical of what I know of Kahlo’s style. This painting, “Urban Landscape,” was painted in 1925 when Kahlo was 18 years old. The style, to me, is more a mix of Charles Sheeler – or perhaps Charles Demuth – and Edward Hopper.
The pics below. Top left: Kahlo; top right: Sheeler; bottom left: Demuth; bottom right: Hopper.
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By the way, I found a “Frida Kahlo Wiki,” and it included this information about the painting:
After Kahlo left the hospital where she was recovering from her bus accident, she painted this small stark rooftop scene. In this painting, we can see how Frida was learning new techniques. Witness to the change of Mexico towards an industrial area, she wanted to reflect it in her work. The structure of this painting is not naive and is a bit more complicated than previous paintings. With the simple square structures and the lack of color, Frida is able to transmit the coldness and desolation of this urban landscape.
That Wiki can be found HERE.
I don’t know through which window Kahlo peered to paint this scene – or if it were all imagined – but Emily Dickinson did pen her poetry by her bedroom window, and of course, she had no such industrial scene.
In her poem “By my Window have I for Scenery,” though, she did describe her view: “Just a Sea – with a Stem” – that is, a pine tree. The poem is below, and I wrote about it back in early June, HERE.
After Kahlo left the hospital where she was recovering from her bus accident, she painted this small stark rooftop scene. In this painting, we can see how Frida was learning new techniques. Witness to the change of Mexico towards an industrial area, she wanted to reflect it in her work. The structure of this painting is not naive and is a bit more complicated than previous paintings. With the simple square structures and the lack of color, Frida is able to transmit the coldness and desolation of this urban landscape.
That Wiki can be found HERE.
I don’t know through which window Kahlo peered to paint this scene – or if it were all imagined – but Emily Dickinson did pen her poetry by her bedroom window, and of course, she had no such industrial scene.
In her poem “By my Window have I for Scenery,” though, she did describe her view: “Just a Sea – with a Stem” – that is, a pine tree. The poem is below, and I wrote about it back in early June, HERE.
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