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Frida Kahlo was born in Mexico City and became a very famous painter.

Frida Kahlo was born in Mexico City and became a very famous painter. She was born July 7, 1910. She was born close to the beginning of the Mexican revolution.

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Frida Kahlo was born in Mexico City and became a very famous painter.

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  1. Frida Kahlo was born in Mexico City and became a very famous painter.

  2. She was born July 7, 1910. She was born close to the beginning of the Mexican revolution.

  3. Freda suffered life long health problems. Many of her health problems were the result of a traffic accident she survived as a teenager.

  4. Kahlo married a very famous Mexican artist Diego Rivera.

  5. She used her art to tell a story about her self. She used symbolic images in her art to deal with emotion.

  6. Through her art, she portrayed monkeys as tender and protective symbols.

  7. Kahlo once said, "I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.”

  8. Of her 143 paintings, 55 are self-portraits which often incorporate symbolic portrayals of physical and psychological wounds.

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  11. Symbolism • Using Symbols and images in art. The practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships.

  12. What does the dove represent?

  13. What does a rose symbolize or represent?

  14. Task at Hand • Me, Myself and Frida • Answer question

  15. Objectives • Students will learn about the artist Frida and how she used art to covey emotion, feelings and important messages. • Students will work with a variety of mediums to make a collage that says something about themselves and an issue that is important to them. • Students will learn to use a symbol or image the represents something about themselves. • Students will learn how to make a collage and share the piece with others.

  16. Symbolism • Using Symbols and images in art. The practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships.

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