Paintings Reproductions The Brenta Canal at Padua by Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto) (1730-1768, Italy) | WahooArt.com

"The Brenta Canal at Padua"

Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto) - Oil On Canvas (i) - 23 x 18 cm - Rococo (i) Kahlo was 18 years old when she was involved in a horrific traffic accident, in which an iron rod pierced her abdomen, right foot was crushed, and two vertebrae were fractured, as well as a number of other bones, including eleven fractures in her right leg. As she recovered in a full body cast, her mother brought her a small lap easel, and, with a mirror over her bed, began painting self-portraits. This self-portrait embodies many elements that were in Kahlo’s artwork, including the themes of isolation, a broken body, and intense suffering and pain. This painting also embodies another one of Kahlo’s themes, that of two bodies, one of which she is a complete and full bodied woman, and another, reflecting broken insides.