Frida Kahlo Time Flies Painting

Collection of dolores olmedo foundation mexico city.

Frida kahlo time flies painting. Painted in 1929 time flies reflects diego riveras influence on her art. Time flies by calo frida frida kahlo was born in 1907 in mexico. Frida kahlo continue to use this lively colors of mexican style throughout her whole career. It portrays the frida that rivera loved.

Self portrait time flies was auctioned at sothebys in new york for five million dollars in 1920. Self portrait in a velvet dress 1926 this is fridas first self portrait. This self portrait was painted the year frida and diego were married. The slender figure and the overlong neck remind me of the style of modigliani.

Collection of antony bryan. The record makes kahlo the highest selling latin american artist in history. She lived a hard life but the trials that fell to her share did not break her positive outlook on life but filled her creativity with a sense of dignity and a thirst for life. Frida and diego wedding.

Self portrait with pink background blue blouse. Painted with oil on masonite frida kahlos self portrait entitled time flies is an example of the artists early primitivism works. Self portrait time flies. In the self portrait time flies kahlo positions herself in the centre of the frame.

Self portrait time flies was created in 1929 by frida kahlo in naive art primitivism style. In the painting frida is dressed in traditional mexican costume the style that was consistently utilized by diego as a part of his murals. She eventually recovered enough to walk again but severe pain keeping her in bed rest for months at a time would plague her for the rest of her life. As kahlo was in a full body cast she began painting to pass the time and ease her pain.