AboutTranscript. Self-Portrait with Monkey, 1938, by Frida Kahlo is one of the most important works of art in the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York. Kahlo’s art embodies Mexicandad—the unique spirit and quality of being Mexican—combining the country’s indigenous heritage, colonial history and post
Jul 6, 1907 - Jul 13, 1954. Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and An Introduction To Frida Kahlo In 9 Artworks. Frida Kahlo is arguably Mexico’s most famed, iconic artist. From her monobrow to her flower adorned hairstyles, her distinctive aesthetics garnered almost as much interest as her artwork that was dominated by self-portraiture; of her estimated 140 paintings, 55 are self-portraits. While many Kahlo, who died July 13, 1954, at the age of 47, reportedly of a pulmonary embolism (though some suspected suicide), has long been recognized as an important artist. In 2001-2002, a major Guillermo Kahlo's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 109 USD to 37,199 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2005 the record price for this artist at auction is 37,199 USD for Forty two works : RECUERDO DE MÉXICO Y CHAPULTEPEC, sold at Lempertz, Cologne in 2011. It was sold for $81.7 million at auction in New York on Wednesday night, setting a new record for the most expensive painting ever sold. The painting of Frida Kahlo is Diego Rivera’s most famous work. Diego Rivera created the painting in 1931, just as his wife, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, and their son, Fridolin, were beginning to take shape. vJ0IS.