Read this excerpt from Frida Kahlo by Hedda Garza. Garza's purpose is
Aside from the caricatures she had scribbled in school
and the drawings for Fernando Fernández, Kahlo had
never paid much attention to art. She began teaching
herself from art books, studying the works of the Italian
Renaissance artists and experimenting with the colors
in her father's paint box. She painted portraits of visitors
and relatives who were willing to sit and pose for her
and gave the paintings away as gifts.
O to entertain young children with Frida Kahlo's
adventures; her tone is informal,
O to inform a general audience about Frida Kahlo's life
and art; her tone is formal,
O to persuade art buyers to collect Frida Kahlo's
paintings; her tone is informal.
O to inform art professors about Frida Kahlo's
technique; her tone is formal.