The Broken Column
- Artist
- Frida Kahlo
- Date
- 1944
- Style
- Naïve art
- Genre
- Self-portrait
- Location
- Dolores Olmedo Collection
"The Broken Column" is a powerful oil painting that vividly depicts Frida Kahlo's physical and emotional pain following her traumatic spinal injury. Created on a Masonite surface, the work combines elements of Naïve art (primitivism) with intense realism. Kahlo portrays herself as a self-portrait, with a shattered spinal column as a symbol of her suffering and resilience. The painting's surrealist undertones evoke a sense of vulnerability that is both personal and universal."
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