Impressionism Movement
Impressionism started in France in 1860. Impressionist art is a style that captures an object as if it had only been seen for a moment. The pictures have vibrant colors, usually outdoor scenes, and the use of sunlight and shadows.
Some of the most famous impressionist artists were Claude Monet, Camille Pissaro, Alfred Sisley, Pierre Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas.
The Impressionism movement started because several paintings were rejected by the jury of the salon including The Luncheon on the Grass by Edward Manet. After seeing the rejected work, Emperor Napoleon III decided to allow the public to judge the art. That was when the “Salon of the Refused” was organized. It drew more people than the regular salon. Artists then asked for another “Salon of the Refused” in 1867 and 1872, but they were denied. In 1873, a few artists, including Monet, put together an organization called, “Association of Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers.” They showed their art work independently. There were thirty artists that participated in the first exhibit in April 1874.
Critic, Louis Leroy, wrote a newspaper review about the Claude Monet painting Impression Sunrise. He said it looked like unfinished work. He gave Monet, and artists of similar style, the name in which they would be known for, The Impressionists.
The Impressionists put on eight shows between 1874 and 1886. Pissarra was the only one that showed work in all eight exhibits.
Portrait with Monkeys
The Frame
The Blue House
Frida Kahol
Frida Kahol was born in The Blue House on July 6, 1907 on the outskirts of Mexico City. She had three sisters and two half sisters from her father’s first marriage. Frida was very close to her father. At the age of six she contracted polio which left one leg smaller than the other. When she was eighteen she was riding on a bus when it crashed into a trolley car. She suffered a broken spinal column, broken collarbone, ribs, a broken pelvis, eleven fractures in her right leg and a handrail pierced her abdomen and uterus making it impossible to have children. She underwent more than thirty surgeries. Eventually she recovered and began to walk again.
When Frida was twenty two she married an artist named Diego Rivera. Her mother disapproved of the marriage. It was not a happy marriage and they both had extramarital affairs. Kahol was also bisexual, which her husband tolerated, but the affairs with other men made him very jealous. Eventually the marriage ended in divorce. They remarried in 1940, but the marriage was just as bad as before.
After the accident, Frida devoted her time to painting. Over the course of her life Frida created more than 200 paintings, 55 of those were self-portraits. She painted self-portraits because she was often alone. Frida had many sad times in her life and she expressed it through her art. She said “I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.” She was also influenced by Mexican culture and that is why she used such bright colors. Some of her work included monkeys because she portrayed them as protective symbols. She also included Christian and Jewish themes in some of her paintings. The Frame was the first work of art by a 20th century Mexican artist purchased by an internationally renowned museum. In the early 1980s, after the artistic movement in Mexico known as Neomexicanismo began, Kahol’s work became very popular. Before that she was remembered as Diego Rivera’s wife.
Frida Kahlo died July 13,1954.
When Frida was twenty two she married an artist named Diego Rivera. Her mother disapproved of the marriage. It was not a happy marriage and they both had extramarital affairs. Kahol was also bisexual, which her husband tolerated, but the affairs with other men made him very jealous. Eventually the marriage ended in divorce. They remarried in 1940, but the marriage was just as bad as before.
After the accident, Frida devoted her time to painting. Over the course of her life Frida created more than 200 paintings, 55 of those were self-portraits. She painted self-portraits because she was often alone. Frida had many sad times in her life and she expressed it through her art. She said “I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.” She was also influenced by Mexican culture and that is why she used such bright colors. Some of her work included monkeys because she portrayed them as protective symbols. She also included Christian and Jewish themes in some of her paintings. The Frame was the first work of art by a 20th century Mexican artist purchased by an internationally renowned museum. In the early 1980s, after the artistic movement in Mexico known as Neomexicanismo began, Kahol’s work became very popular. Before that she was remembered as Diego Rivera’s wife.
Frida Kahlo died July 13,1954.
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