Two Fridas - Puzzle

Two Fridas - Puzzle

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Dimensions
50 cm x 70 cm
19.5" x 27.5"
1,000 pieces

© Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / SOCAN (2021)

About The Two Fridas
The Two Fridas is a portrait of love, heartbreak and duality. Almost life-sized, it was Kahlo's largest painting and a testament to her emotional suffering.

Completed shortly after her divorce from acclaimed Mexican muralist, Diego Rivera, this striking oil on canvas highlights Kahlo’s different personalities: the traditional Frida with a broken heart in Tehuana costume sitting next to an independent Frida in modern European dress.

The dark and stormy clouds that dominate the background reflect the nature of their marriage: tempestuous and filled with infidelities.

About Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo’s life story is almost as popular as her art. Born in 1907, Frida Kahlo was a self-taught Mexican painter best known for starkly depicting her chronic physical and emotional pain through her art. Of her 143 paintings, 55 are self-portraits. Kahlo said, “I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.” Although she rejected the label, she is often identified as a Surrealist.

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Jessica
Two Fridas, Two Thumbs Up!

My partner and I have been doing lots of puzzles this summer and this was a challenging one and one of my favorites! Not just because it was Frida Kahlo, but because of the quality of the puzzle. The matte finish is very nice on the pieces which helps to see the different tones and shades in the white as those were the most challenging to place (the sky was too). The only two issues we had were that the puzzle was not the entire painting (the aspect ratio did not seem to allow for that), so it was unexpectedly cropped, and the pieces did not "lock" into place. If they were shifted or moved they would sometimes come undone. This wasn't a huge issue when we got all of the frame completed and much of the external pieces, but it could be an issue depending on how you construct your puzzles. I would also say that the puzzle maker could benefit from a printed sheet within the puzzle box showing the entire puzzle rather than the entire painting (on the puzzles box), just a suggestion. Otherwise, this was a good challenge for 1000 pieces and a quality puzzle.

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