Twentieth-century Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is best known for her highly personal self-portraits. In these works she depicts herself impassively staring at the viewer, often surrounded by references to the painful circumstances of her life. Kahlo celebrated her Mexican identity in her artwork by using a painting style based on native popular art and by incorporating representations of Mexican flora and fauna as well as references to the pre-Columbian civilizations of Mexico. Shown here is Kahlo’s Self-Portrait with Small Monkey (1945, private collection).
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