Firda Kahlo Art Critical Analysing
Critical Analysis
This is an oil on canvas painting by Frida Kahlo called Cropped Hair, made in 1940 at a size of 40x279cm. It is a self- portrait of her with a scissor in one hand and her hair creeping everywhere on the floor. As you can see in the painting, the fore ground busy because of the long dark hair that is laid all over the floor. In the middle ground of the portrait, it shows Frida Kahlo sitting in a chair, wearing an oversized suit, that by the looks of it isn’t hers while holding a serious, upset or pain face. As if she was thinking of the pain that someone had caused her, expressing it thought her painting. The way she is position in the painting is out of proportion, from her neck and below it is different from her neck and upwards, making her looks stiff and uncomfortable. The chair also stands out more than the rest of the portrait along with the hands, face and neck; she had used a bright warm yellow to out-stand the other dark and light, warm and cool colours. The toning of the middle ground is also very clear, showing all the shadows that are in the suits and her face. The background of the portrait is different from the rest. She had painted it plain, as well as making it look like they are clouds, bring all the attention to the foreground. The top of the background shows some text and music notes.
The used of Frida Kahlo’s Line, Tone, Colour, Shape, Pattern and shapes are very unique. She had used manly warm colour in her portrait. A cool blue for the suit, a warm red for the floor, a warm yellow for the chair and a mixture of colours for the wall but mostly yellow. The tone’s she used made the chair and herself look 3D and the rest 2D. The pattern she had used is clearly shown in the wall behind her; it is soft and has a repetition of smudge spots making it looks like clouds. This is very different from the rest of the portrait. The texture of the background, her skin, chair and suit are smooth rather than rough. The way she painted the
This is an oil on canvas painting by Frida Kahlo called Cropped Hair, made in 1940 at a size of 40x279cm. It is a self- portrait of her with a scissor in one hand and her hair creeping everywhere on the floor. As you can see in the painting, the fore ground busy because of the long dark hair that is laid all over the floor. In the middle ground of the portrait, it shows Frida Kahlo sitting in a chair, wearing an oversized suit, that by the looks of it isn’t hers while holding a serious, upset or pain face. As if she was thinking of the pain that someone had caused her, expressing it thought her painting. The way she is position in the painting is out of proportion, from her neck and below it is different from her neck and upwards, making her looks stiff and uncomfortable. The chair also stands out more than the rest of the portrait along with the hands, face and neck; she had used a bright warm yellow to out-stand the other dark and light, warm and cool colours. The toning of the middle ground is also very clear, showing all the shadows that are in the suits and her face. The background of the portrait is different from the rest. She had painted it plain, as well as making it look like they are clouds, bring all the attention to the foreground. The top of the background shows some text and music notes.
The used of Frida Kahlo’s Line, Tone, Colour, Shape, Pattern and shapes are very unique. She had used manly warm colour in her portrait. A cool blue for the suit, a warm red for the floor, a warm yellow for the chair and a mixture of colours for the wall but mostly yellow. The tone’s she used made the chair and herself look 3D and the rest 2D. The pattern she had used is clearly shown in the wall behind her; it is soft and has a repetition of smudge spots making it looks like clouds. This is very different from the rest of the portrait. The texture of the background, her skin, chair and suit are smooth rather than rough. The way she painted the