Frida Kahlo and Che Guevara

By: Joe Tyndell

and Julia York

Frida Kahlo • Frida Kahlo was born in 1907, in

Mexico- three years before the Mexican Revolution in 1910.

• Her mother was mestiza; her father was creole

• As a child she suffered through polio and was also in a tragic bus accident. – This caused her lasting physical

pain for the rest of her life

– Created a lasting theme in her artwork

Early Married life

• Frida Kahlo was married to Diego Rivera- a very prominent painter and muralist at the time. – He urged her to paint in the

“folkloric” style that was popular in Mexico at the time

• His infidelity further impacted

her artwork – They divorced and remarried

• This combination transformed her artwork as well

Kahlo’s Accident

• Because of her

accident, Kahlo was

unable to bear children

• Many of her works

show the suffering she

went through due to

both. Henry Ford Hospital -Frida Kahlo, 1932

Why is Frida Kahlo Important to Latino art and culture today?

• She is a model of resiliency

• She nurtures the sense of identity and keeping true to one’s self

• She is an image of hope and inspiration – Particularly for women

Self-portrait on the Border of Mexico and the United States –Frida Kahlo

Other Artists’ Works of Frida Kahlo

Frida’s Messgengers –Alec Arregin, 1992

Homenaje a Frida Kahlo Yreina D. Cervantez, 1978

Chicano Park, Frida Kahlo, mural, Orozco, Rivera, San Diego, Siqueiros, Muralistas, Mexicano

Che Guevara

Was going to Medical school in South America when he took a motorcycle trip through South America.

He was taken by the poverty and famine that he saw by the capitalist exploitation

This began his idea of a radical Marxist Revolution that he led throughout several countries. He landed in Cuba with Castro and began a revolution against the government. This is where he began urban guerrilla warfare.

Che’s Influence

• He is seen as a hero and a role model to those in the Chicano movement and to other social movements across the nation.

• Those in Cuba see Che more as a hero than Castro. There are more murals of Che in the streets than of Castro.

Che’s Views

• Che did not like the idea of capitalism and wanted overthrow it.

• He did not acknowledge governments, but rather, people.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmu86_sKpU

Why we look up to him

• Che was a very personable man that was sympathetic to the people. He only wanted the best for his people, and that is something that the governments did not want.