Self-Portrait with Bonito - Frida Kahlo
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Descripción
A 1941 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo featuring the artist alongside a parrot against a backdrop of lush foliage.
Frida Kahlo painted this self-portrait in 1941, a period marked by personal loss following the death of her father, Guillermo Kahlo. The composition features the artist positioned centrally against a dense backdrop of foliage. Her expression is composed, maintaining a direct gaze that engages the viewer. To her side, a parrot, often identified as Bonito, perches near her shoulder. The inclusion of animals and botanical elements is a recurring motif in her work, reflecting her connection to Mexican flora and fauna.
The painting demonstrates Kahlo's precise brushwork and her ability to integrate symbolic elements into a personal narrative. The background, filled with large, paddle-shaped leaves and a glimpse of blue sky, creates a sense of enclosure. A butterfly rests upon the leaves, adding a delicate detail to the otherwise structured composition. The colour palette is dominated by earthy greens, the yellow plumage of the bird, and the deep black of her clothing, which contrasts with the lighter tones of her skin.
Kahlo often used her self-portraits to explore themes of identity, isolation, and the natural world. By placing herself within this environment, she creates a space that feels both intimate and detached. The work avoids excessive ornamentation, focusing instead on the relationship between the subject and the surrounding nature. This piece remains a clear example of her technical approach to portraiture, where the subject is rendered with clarity and a deliberate lack of idealisation. The painting provides a window into her artistic practice during the early 1940s, capturing a moment of quiet reflection through her characteristic use of symbolism and controlled composition.
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- Tamaños de papel: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 y B2 (50×70 cm)
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Self-Portrait with Bonito - Frida Kahlo
Artist Biography
Frida Kahlo
She had already been ill. Polio at six left her right leg thinner than her left, a disproportion she hid with long skirts. The bus accident compounded everything. She would have thirty-five operations over her lifetime. Pain was the background condition of her work, though reducing her paintings to autobiography misses what she actually did with the medium.
She married Diego Rivera in 1929. He was twenty years older, already Mexico's most famous muralist, and physically twice her size. Her parents called the marriage a union between an elephant and a dove. They divorced in 1939, remarried in 1940, and continued a relationship that was mutually unfaithful, politically intense, and artistically competitive. Rivera said she was the better painter. He may have been right.
Her paintings are small. Most are self-portraits. They use the visual language of Mexican folk art, ex-votos, and Aztec mythology, combined with a physical directness that makes Surrealism look polite. Andre Breton called her a Surrealist. She disagreed: 'I paint my own reality.' She was right about that too.
She died in 1954 at forty-seven. Her diary entry for the last day reads 'I hope the leaving is joyful and I hope never to return.'
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