Often symbolizing the children she could never have or protective companions.
Frida frequently integrated flora and fauna that served as symbolic extensions of her psyche: Till Frida 001.jpg
The tension between her European and Mexican heritage, or the "Two Fridas" concept of the woman who is loved versus the woman who suffers. Nature and Symbolism Often symbolizing the children she could never have
Photographs of Frida, such as those taken by Nickolas Muray or her father Guillermo, often capture a "stillness" that contrasts with the chaotic surrealism of her paintings. Looking deeply into a 001-series image often reveals the human behind the icon—the vulnerability in her eyes that she would later translate into the fierce, unyielding icons of her canvases. unyielding icons of her canvases.