Mexican Art: The Two Fridas By Frida Kahlo
A two-dimensional Mexican artwork I’ve chosen is by a well-known Mexican artist named Frida Kahlo. The painting is called The Two Fridas, which was created in 1939. In this painting by Frida Kahlo it represents her dual heritage of her father and mother by having two of her, one wearing a European-style dress while the other is wearing more of a Mexican-style. Besides the history and meaning of the painting there are features that are displayed in this painting like the type of medium it is. The medium of this painting is oil on a canvas that allows us to see the formed and rich brush strokes that are filled with heavy textured details. In Frida Kahlo’s The Two Fridas there are formal features such as form and line established in areas of