芙烈達卡蘿(Frida Kahlo,1907-1954)人生歷程與繪畫創作之關係研究

[[abstract]]The life of Frida Kahlo (Mexican artist, 1907-1954) could be regarded as a legend. She inherited cultural features from her father, a Hungarian Germany Jew, and mother, a Spanish Indian. The age of her growing was currently along with the Mexico’s modernization and democratization. In the turbulent age, she had created a lot of marvelous works by a stroke of vitality. Nevertheless, the most significant feature of her works was a thorough combination of talent of arts and her vivid personal characteristics. Frida’s life was full of frustrations. She suffered from polio at her six. Then, when she was 18, a trolley accident caused her sterility and disablement. Apart from physical sufferings, the complicated relationship between her and her husband, Diego Rivera (1886-1957) also became a topic of her paintings. The images of her paintings consisted of bleeding, crying, and injuring all over the body especially on her self-portraits, seemingly implied that she was seeking expiation, care, and treatment. The unique style of drawing made her becoming a very different artist among the art society in the 20th century. There was only few data available from Frida herself. Thus, in order to have a full understanding about her artistic creation, it was necessary to study how she was educated and how her style was formed. Based on this prerequisite, this thesis would first focus at the fermenting of Frida’s creation style. Through exploring her life background and the influence of Indian culture, it would be known that how her art style was influenced by personality characteristics. On the second part of this thesis, the researcher would expound the relationship between Frida’s art creation and life frustration. Through analyzing her paintings, the uniqueness of her creation, so called “autobiographic painting”, would be revealed. Such a unique feature had indicated that Frida’s creation reflected her whole life and cultural identification. The elements and symbolic meanings of pictures presented on her creations had sent impressive messages to audience. Moreover, her artistic characteristics associated with the contemporary art development had also made Frida being an important painter on the earth. Nevertheless, the thoughtfulness behind her creation was what we should indeed consider.