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Frida Kahlo through the Lens of Nickolas Muray Exhibit

February 6th, 2006 by Laura Moncur in Biography

I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.

Frida Kahlo

The Utah Museum of Fine Art has an exhibit right now called, Frida Kahlo through the Lens of Nickolas Muray. For the story of Nickolas Muray and Frida Kahlo, see our art museum review on Starling Travel:

Starling Travel » Frida Kahlo through the Lens of Nickolas Muray Exhibit

Because of their torrid love affair, we have many of Frida’s writings in the form of letters to Nickolas. If he had loved her less, we might have lost the thoughts that she wrote so long ago. As I walked through the exhibit, I was more drawn to her letters to Nickolas than his photographs of her. It was obvious that she “dressed up” for his photographs, but those letters were her heart open to him with raw honesty.

I think that little by little I’ll be able to solve my problems and survive.

Frida Kahlo, Letter to Nickolas Muray, 12-18-1939

They are so damn ‘intellectual’ and rotten that I can’t stand them anymore….I [would] rather sit on the floor in the market of Toluca and sell tortillas, than have anything to do with those ‘artistic’ bitches of Paris.

Frida Kahlo, (on Andre Breton and the European surrealists) letter to Nickolas Muray, 02-16-1939

People in general are scared to death of the war and all the exhibition have been a failure, because the rich – don’t want to buy anything.

Frida Kahlo, Letter to Nickolas Muray, 02-27-1939

Click here for a detailed biography of Frida Kahlo: