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Wisconsin Landscape is an oil painting painted between 1938 -1939 of a farm-home in Wisconsin and the beautiful nature surrounding it.  The perspective is from up on a hill looking down on the quiet landscape mottled with cows and sheep.  We can see for miles from the heaps of hay in the foreground to the blue rolling hills in the distance.  Thick clouds dominate the top half of the painting with a blanket of green and yellow fields below.  It is a bold yet calming image with powerful strokes and rich recurring shapes of color.  All of the elements are sewn together by the use of a grid and horizontal divisions.  It is evident that the artist took a very structural and mathematical approach in laying out the scene, but in no way does this affect the overall natural beauty of the landscape.

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“I have broken many social norms. I have not regretted the things that I have done. I have enjoyed being contradictory.”¹ These are the words of Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo as compiled from interviews done in 1949 and 1950 by Frida’s longtime friend, Olga Campos. These words seem to mirror both Frida’s political beliefs as well as her artistic stance. Throughout her career, Frida Kahlo pushed the boundaries of what was expected from a traditional Latin American female artist. Frida led a life full of emotional and physical pain. From an early diagnosis of polio, to a life altering bus accident, to a marriage riddled with infidelities, Frida’s often-difficult life was the inspiration for her art. Her exploration of herself and the world she lived in broke social norms, artistically, and politically, causing both outrage and awe from those who viewed her paintings. However, throughout her life, Frida’s most interesting and prolific subject seems to be herself.

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