Frida Kahlo
弗里达·卡罗
Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter, best known for her self-portraits.
弗里达·卡罗是一位墨西哥画家,其自画像最为闻名。
She was born in 1907 in Mexico City.
她于1907年出生于墨西哥城。
At the age of five, Kahlo contracted polio, which left her with a permanent limp.
五岁时,卡罗得了小儿麻痹症,这让她终身跛脚。
Later, as a teenager, she was seriously injured in a bus accident.
后来,在青少年时期,她在一次公交车事故中受了重伤。
Throughout her life, Kahlo had to have surgery often in order to stay alive and healthy.
在卡罗的一生中,为了活命和身体健康,她不得不经常做手术。
Because of this, she spent a lot of time recovering in bed.
因此,她很长时间都是在床上休养身体。
In fact, many of her most famous works were painted from her bed.
事实上,她的许多最著名的作品都是在床上画的。
Though the accident caused a lot of pain in her life, it also inspired much of her artwork.
这起事故虽然给她的生活带来了很大的痛苦,但也启发了她的许多艺术作品。
Almost half of her paintings were self-portraits; most of them meant to symbolize her pain.
她几乎一半的画都是自画像,其中大多数是为了象征她的痛苦。
Kahlo’s work has often been classified as surrealism, a style of art that is inspired by dreams.
卡罗的作品经常被归类为超现实主义——一种受到梦境启发的艺术风格。
However, Kahlo disagreed with this, because she had always seen her art as an expression of real life.
然而,卡罗并不同意这种说法,因为她一直把自己的艺术视作对现实生活的表达。
As Kahlo got older, her health got steadily worse.
随着卡罗逐渐老去,她的健康也每况愈下。
She died in 1954, when she was only 47.
她于1954年去世,年仅47岁。
Although Kahlo died young, both her life and her artwork are still celebrated today.
虽然卡罗英年早逝,但她的人生经历和艺术作品至今仍受到人们的赞颂。