Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird – A Detailed Analysis

Mexican serial self-portraitist Frida Kahlo chose to paint herself, her best-known subject since she was alone more often than not. A few self-portraits are fairly straightforward renderings of her striking appearance. Still, many of them are entirely different in approach, profoundly personal, and particular commentaries on her life. But sometimes, even relatively straightforward works of hers, such as Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird or Me and My Parrot, carry multiple layers of allegories of her life…

The Sleeping Gypsy – Elegance of Childlike Vision

Today we will examine French Naïve artist Henri Rousseau’s most famous The Sleeping Gypsy painting. Shall we reveal all the essential and compelling details of the painting together? Let’s start with its story first…

Red Canna – O’Keeffe’s Famous “Flower/Vagina” Painting

Georgia O’Keeffe created loads of red canna paintings of the canna lily plant; first, she performed in watercolor, such as a red canna flower bouquet painted in 1915, but mainly abstract paintings of close-up images in oil. Even though Georgia O’Keeffe expressed that in these close-up images of “Red Canna” and her other flower paintings, she only illustrated flowers, these paintings are better known for the depiction of a vagina, rather than a flower!…

Without Hope – The Torture of Frida

Sin Esperanza, also known for its English name Without Hope is an important painting for portraying her suffering with great depth and detail. To start with, we must understand the unusual circumstances of the artist’s life at the time…