Frida kahlo biography pbs tv show
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Frida Kahlo lived the epitome of alegría—a lust for life.
She was infamous for her social fire.
Frida kahlo biography pbs tv show
She danced, flirted, and seduced. Her ferocious tongue rolled out a black sense of humor and sharp wit. She kept a home for her husband Diego.
She loved her pets – spider monkeys and gods. She loved guff, gossips, and jokes.
She treated servants like family and kids like equals
But Frida’s vitality was juxtaposed with anguish.
“Do not forget me”, she begged her friends and lovers to visit her often. She was often lonely and was confined to the prison of the hospital bed.
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) has often been classified as a surrealist, though she herself argues that she draws more “her reality, that her dreams”.
A brilliant painter, she is most famous for her portraits in which she paints herself in a surrealistic manner.
“The Suicide of Dorothy Hale”, one of the exceptionally powerful paintings of Frida Kahlo, depicts the suicide of the aspiring American actress Dorothy Hal