the love embrace of the universe the earth mexico myself diego and senor xolotl frida kahlo

the love embrace of the universe the earth mexico myself diego and senor xolotl frida kahloFrida Kahlo painted this work in 1938, at a time when she was beginning to receive international recognition, thanks in particular to the support of Andr Breton and the Julien Levy gallery in New York. The painting evokes themes that are omnipresent in her work: death, childhood and Mexican traditions. Here, she takes her inspiration from the Da de los Muertos, a popular Mexican festival that celebrates the dead with offerings, masks and colourful

The floral motifs and warm tones evoke intensity and emotion

This work belongs to a period when Léger was deeply interested in modernity

The atmosphere is both peaceful and melodramatic

A light horizontal band marks the horizon line

Fernand Léger depicts a monumental figure

In Bullfinch and Cherry Blossom

while celebrating the complexity of love and human emotion

Shades of green

spreading out around her and sinking into the ground

his left hand is relaxed

as he sees himself

The atmosphere seems suspended