MMA - Frida Kahlo

This summer a tutoring client and I are going through the Magnificent Modern Art course from Art History Kids together. It's been really interesting so far. Art History isn't something I ever really learned about, so it's new to me. And so, of course, I'm going to keep some notes here as we go along!

Last week it was Cubism and the artist Georges Braque.

This week we are studying

Frida Kahlo
Magic Realism (1925 - present)

sample artwork from the art movement

Giorgio de Chirico
The Painter's Family
1926

Albert Carel Willink
Last Visitors to Pompeii
1931

Andrew Wyeth
Soaring
1942

sample artwork from this artist

Frieda and Diego Rivera
1931

self portraits (six examples)

Viva la Vida, Watermelons
1954

Portrait of My Father
1951

My Dress Hangs There
1933

focus piece of art from this artist

Self-Portrait with Bonito
1941

element & principle of art and design

TEXTURE

other notes (my suggestions)

Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos
by Monica Brown


Frida Kahlo: The Artist in the Blue House
by Magdalena Holzhey

assignment #2 - "Play with the idea of magic realism. Begin with a real setting and think of a way to bring in magic. Sketch it!"

the idea of magic realism makes me think of


Tuesday
by David Wiesner


Mr. Wuffles!
by David Wiesner

there is, of course, texture everywhere! some texture-related activities that would be fun to do:

play with a Slinky


The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring: The Accidental Invention of the Toy That Swept the Nation
by Gilbert Ford

dip beeswax candles (how to make them smooth and not lumpy)



make aluminum foil fish using a piece of the net bag from onions

and more...

Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters
by MaryAnn Kohl and Kim Solga
Frida Kahlo - "Special Self-Portrait," p.80-81
Andrew Wyeth - "First Snow," p.87

available online as a FREE PDF from Bright Ring Publishing



Using Art to Create Art: Creative Activities Using Masterpieces
by Wendy Libby
Andrew Wyeth, pp.223-226

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