Rembrandt Vs Frida Kahlo

Both Rembrandt and Frida Kahlo had incredibly different lifestyles. Frida Kahlo lived in Mexico in the early to mid-1900s. She is well known to being a feminist icon and would not go by the label as a surrealist (Editors, Biography). Rembrandt on other hand came from the 1600s from the Dutch Republic, now known as the Netherlands (Liedtke). Although with different backgrounds, both artists paint self-portraits with their own twist to them.

Frida Kahlo and Rembrandt share similarities and perceive their artwork differently as well as some ways alike. Both artists began their work in inspiration after a tragic event. Rembrandt lost his money while Frida had gone through a divorce. The color in the paintings are both created by using an oil paint. Rembrandt uses a dark hue in his self-portrait, almost blending in with the background itself. The Self Portrait with Two Circles by Rembrandt uses the same

Rembrandt was born in 16o6 and died in 1669. He created the painting close to time where he had died, in 1669. He was living in a time of depression. He son had just died at the young age of twenty-six, close to becoming twenty-seven. Rembrandt took his own life short after in the next year. This is where his painting would make him mo0re famous than ever. The two circles were left unfinished for others to guess a meaning, almost like his life remained unfinished by the ending of his own hands. Frida however took her difficult times and twisted it around her own fate. She lived in Mexico. Her painting was influence by the marriage she had lost. Frida Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera had divorced. This painting reflects the change she gone through in her marriage to Rivera. Rivera was a man who was strong in his Mexican culture. That culture passed onto Frida thus leading her to reflect the changes she had gone through in her painting, saying she is still connected to the person she was