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Almost every artist I know shares a love or fascination with Frida Kahlo. German-born French photographer Gisle Freund (1908-2000) offers a rare look at Frida Kahlo in intimate snapshots taken of the celebrated artist during some of the last years of her life.
Freund, who fled Nazi Germany in 1933 and later became known as one of the greatest portraits photographers in history, met the legendary couple Kahlo and Diego Rivera when she embarked on a two-week trip to Mexico in 1950. A fortnight gradually turned into two years that Freund spent living in the home of Kahlo and Rivera. During that time, Freund captured hundreds of photos documenting the couple's private lives as well as the rich culture of Mexico.
As
Freund's poignant images show, Kahlo loved to spend time painting and
wandering through her garden with her pet dogs, even when she became
weaker and later confined to a wheelchair.
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4 comments:
I love that you used the graphite pencil to finish this piece all off. :-)
Frida Kahlo isn't as famous here as in America so I found it very interesting what you told us in this blog. And the photographs by Gisle Freund are fabulous. Can you imagine that such talented and good persons had to leave their country to stay alive? That was and still is a total disaster.
Jacki, have a fine Sunday!
Thanks, John, I am particularly fond of this one.
Thank you, ELenor. Yes, there were quite a few of the disenfranchised from other countries who ended up visiting or staying with Kahlo. Happy Weekend, ELenor.
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