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The Day – Handmade dolls inhabit two worlds | News from southeastern Connecticut

Barry, Amy J. “Handmade dolls inhabit two worlds”, The Day [New London]. March 19, 2013, pp D1-D2 Starry Night, 2007, Oil on panel, 27” x 33” Self-portrait with…

Margarita H Maxson
March 19, 2013

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Self portrait

Self portrait, Frida Kalho, 1940/ Autorretrato , Frida Kalho, 1940 I could have called this painting “Self portrait as Matlaczihuatl”, however Frida just called it “Self portrait”. Pude haber nombrado esta pintura “Autorretrato como Matlaczihuatl”, sin embargo Frida solo lo…

Margarita H Maxson
January 6, 2013

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“Self portrait with hand earrings”

Autorretrato con aretes de manos, Frida Kalho, 1940 There she was, looking at us proud of herself and her accomplishments as artist, but still hurt because her personal life was not what she wanted. Frida paints both her success and…

Margarita H Maxson
January 4, 2013

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Self portrait as tehuana, or Diego in my thoughts

Autorretrato como tehuana o Diego en mis pensamientos, Frida Kalho, 1943 This particular portrait is among my favorites, Frida’s work reveals maturity and mastery of the medium, we have to remember she was a self made artist, who learned from…

Margarita H Maxson
December 28, 2012

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Self portrait with thorn necklace and dead hummingbird

Self portrait with thorn necklace and dead hummingbird/Autorretrato con collar de espinas y colibri muertoFrida Kalho, 1940 This painting is very impressing, it talks about Frida facing divorce, loneliness, and physical pain; later she remarried Diego Rivera in December 1940.…

Margarita H Maxson
December 24, 2012

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Autorretrato con monos

Self portait with monkeys, 1943 / Autorretrato con monos, 1943 This was one of the 5 pictures I chose for making a Frida Kalho doll -with monkey dolls-. She painted herself in the company of four monkeys, for Frida they…

Margarita H Maxson
December 20, 2012

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The Frida Series

I started thinking about the possibility of making dolls out of paintings. The first one I did was the Frida Kalho painting “The two Fridas” . The dolls were separated and are now in private collections in Mexico, they did not stay together, sometimes…

Margarita H Maxson
December 18, 2012

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Frida Kalho, the second chapter

I went back to make Frida dolls, but this time they shrunk! Frida is now 3 inches tall, join me in the making of mini Frida, as well as I share the previews of other mini dolls such as Alice…

Margarita H Maxson
September 2, 2011

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Las dos Fridas

They are my more recent dolls, based on the original painting by Frida Kalho “The two Fridas”. Join me in the journey… Ellas son mis munecas mas recientes, basadas en la pintura original de Frida Kalho “Las dos Fridas”. Acompanenme…

Margarita H Maxson
December 20, 2010