The Frame (painting) explained
| The Frame |
| Other Language 1: | Spanish |
| Other Title 1: | El marco |
| Artist: | Frida Kahlo |
| Year: | 1938 |
| Type: | Oil on aluminum, framed in glass |
| Height Metric: | 28.5 |
| Width Metric: | 20.7 |
| City: | Paris |
| Museum: | Musée National d'Art Moderne |
The Frame (El marco in Spanish) is a 1938 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo.[1] The painting features Kahlo's self-portrait in oil on a sheet of aluminum framed in glass which she purchased from a market in Oaxaca, Mexico.[2] Although the glass frame is included as part of the painting, the flowers, birds, and other details on the frame were painted prior to being purchased by Kahlo.[3]
The painting is notable as the first work by a 20th-century Mexican artist to be purchased by a major international museum, when it was acquired by The Louvre in 1939. The painting is now shown at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in the Centre Pompidou in Paris.[4] It was the only sale Kahlo made in her Paris exhibition.[5] Upon Kahlo's death in 1954, the New York Times stated that she was "said to have been the first woman artist to sell a picture to the Louvre."[6]
See also
Notes and References
- https://www.fridakahlo.org/self-portrait-the-frame.jsp Self-portrait "The Frame" by Frida Kahlo
- Web site: The Frame by Frida Kahlo . 2024-05-08 . Google Arts & Culture . en.
- Book: Frida Kahlo: the complete paintings . 2021 . Taschen GmbH . 978-3-8365-7420-4 . Lozano . Luis-Martín . Köln . on1255833086 . Kettenmann . Andrea . Vázquez Ramos . Marina . Taschen . Benedikt.
- http://www.fridakahlofans.com/c0255.html The Frame, Frida Kahlo
- Terri Hardin Frida Kahlo: A Modern Master 2005- Page 68 1597640891 "Breton annoyed Kahlo by exhibiting a jumble of various folk objects of varying artistic merit that he had acquired in Mexico — "junk," as she called it. Nevertheless, the objects were no doubt sufficiently exotic to the European sensibility, and Breton's instincts were probably right in presenting them. While the exhibit was not a financial success (due to the imminent onset of World War II), the Louvre chose to purchase one of Kahlo's works, The Frame (c. 1938). The Frame is a lively work ...
- Web site: Frida Kahlo, Artist, Diego Rivera's Wife . 2024-05-08 . archive.nytimes.com.
