What the Animals in Frida Kahlo's Self-Portrait Represent

  • Publish date: since 19 hour Reading time: 1 min read

What the Animals in Frida Kahlo's Self-Portrait Represent

Related articles
10 Wild Animals That Are Constantly Looking For Fight
12 Fascinating Australian Animals That Look From Another Planet
Bahrain Implements Import Ban on 17 Predatory Animals and 4 Dog Breeds

Frida hardly ever painted herself alone. A monkey at her shoulder, a cat in the shadows, a dog near her feet, a bird off to one side, sometimes even a deer standing in for her own body. None of it filler. Each animal does real work, saying things about her pain and her grief that she never once put into words.