The Frame | El Marco

Description "I paint flowers so they will not die." Scent: La Casa Azul - Essential oil blend of grapefruit, eucalyptus, and orange.Texture: Snow butter Background El Marco, or the Frame, is one of many self portraits by renowned Mexican painter Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon - or as she is better known, Frida Kalho.This piece is a unique piece in her collection of self portraits for several reasons;Firstly, this painting was groundbreaking as it was the first piece of art by any Mexican artist to be featured in the collection at the Louvre in Paris. Secondly, unlike her other pieces, she experimented with mediums - instead of a canvas, she painted over a mirror she bought at a market is Oaxaca, and the central piece with her self portrait was painted on a separate piece of aluminum.  This painting also deviates from her other works by the inclusion of bright, cheery colors, using tradition Mexican motifs of flowers and birds. Kahlo's self portraits are perhaps her most str