The Bride Frightened at Seeing Life Opened
- Artist
- Frida Kahlo
- Date
- 1943
- Style
- Naïve art
- Genre
- Still life
- Location
- Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection
"The Bride Frightened at Seeing Life Opened" is a captivating painting that exemplifies Naïve art (primitivism) with its straightforward, childlike style and vivid imagination. Created on canvas using oil paints, the work presents a surreal scene filled with symbolic still life elements. The painting's fantastical imagery, characterized by bold colors and simplified forms, reflects a visionary perspective that transcends traditional realism, making it a quintessential example of Surrealism.
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