Artwork Replica Autorretrato con vestido de Terciopelo by Frida Kahlo (Inspired By) (1907-1954, Mexico) | WahooArt.com

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"Autorretrato con vestido de Terciopelo"

Frida Kahlo (i) - Oil (i) - Surrealism (i)
Made as a present for her then boyfriend, Alejandro Gomez Arias, who also happened to be her student, this was the first time Kahlo had made a self-portrait. Alejandro had left her. After he received this portrait from her, he went back to her and they were re-united. Painted between the summer of 1926 and September of the same year, Kahlo echoes her affinity towards Italian Renaissance art with how she portrays herself, standing in a gallant posture. She also interprets a Botticelli painting named “Venus” with her self-portrait, a painting that Alejandro was already fond of. Sadly, Alejandro’s parents, disapproving of Kahlo, pushed him into a European Tour accompanied by his uncle, so that they could stay separate. Alejandro gave Kahlo her portrait back, just to keep it safe. In the letters that Frida and Alejandro exchanged while he was away, she always referred to her self-portrait as “Your Botticelli” while addressing him, and firmly bestowed her faith and dreams in this portrait.

 





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