A Few Small Nips (Passionately in Love) – A Detailed Analysis

Some write their experiences and feelings, and this becomes a novel. Some compose, and this emerges as a piece of music! She unburdened herself with her colors and brushes, and it became an art! Today, we will examine Frida Kahlo’s one of the most striking, A Few Small Nips (Unos Cuantos Piquetitos), hanging in Museo Dolores Olmedo to reveal her great pain within this work…

The Wounded Deer – A Detailed Analysis

Frida Kahlo is best known for her series of self-portraits, which often depict the artist in pain or vulnerability. The Wounded Deer (It is also known as The Little Deer) of Frida Kahlo is one such painting. In this work, Frida portrays herself as a deer that has been shot with multiple arrows…

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…

Paul Rousso – What Do You Need to Know?

If I had to choose three words to describe Paul Rousso, those words would be pop art, flat depth, and three-dimensional (or two-dimensional?). Pop Art is okay, and we can picture 3D and 2D objects, but how about the flat depth?…