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The Two Fridas

Also Known As Las dos Fridas (original Spanish title)
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The Two Fridas (Spanish: Las dos Fridas) is an oil painting by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, painted in 1939, the same year she divorced the artist Diego Rivera. It is a double self-portrait depicting two seated versions of Kahlo side by side, one wearing a white European-style Victorian dress and the other a traditional Tehuana dress, their hands joined and a blood vessel winding from their joined hands through their exposed hearts. It was the first large-scale work Kahlo completed and is considered one of her most notable paintings.

Facts
Year Created
1939 1
Medium
Oil on canvas, 173.5 by 173 cm 1
Location
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Medium
Medium (category)
Oil on Canvas 1
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Created By

Frida Kahlo, Artists

In Form

Painting, Art Forms

In Genre

Painting, Art Forms

In Movement

Surrealism, Movements
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Sources
1. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationThe Two Fridas article, infobox
Quote, The Two Fridas article, infobox
Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 173.5 cm x 173 cm (68.3 in x 68 in)
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The Two Fridas (Wikipedia)
  • The Two Fridas article, lead section, opening sentence
    The Two Fridas (Las dos Fridas in Spanish)
  • The Two Fridas article, lead section, location clause
    Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City
  • Lead section
    The Two Fridas (Las dos Fridas in Spanish) is an oil painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
  • The Two Fridas article, history section
    Kahlo painted The Two Fridas in 1939, the same year she divorced artist Diego Rivera
  • In Group: Self-Portraits, Wikipedia intro
    It is a double self-portrait, depicting two versions of Kahlo seated together.
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