Frida Kahlo
The Broken Column (1944)
by Frida Kahlo
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La Colonne brisée, or The Broken Column, is a powerful self-portrait created by Frida Kahlo in 1944. The work depicts the artist's torso as a classical stone column, fractured and crumbling, with her face emerging from within. Her body is bound by a surgical corset, and tears stream down her stoic expression, visualizing the chronic physical pain and emotional suffering that defined her life following a devastating bus accident in her youth.
Kahlo's raw, unflinching approach to depicting personal suffering established her as a pioneering figure in Surrealism and modern art. Rather than escape into fantasy, she transformed her inner anguish into visceral, symbolic imagery that remains profoundly moving. This painting exemplifies her distinctive ability to merge personal narrative with universal human experience, creating work of enduring psychological and artistic significance.
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About This Artwork
La Colonne brisée, or The Broken Column, is a powerful self-portrait created by Frida Kahlo in 1944. The work depicts the artist's torso as a classical stone column, fractured and crumbling, with her face emerging from within. Her body is bound by a surgical corset, and tears stream down her stoic expression, visualizing the chronic physical pain and emotional suffering that defined her life following a devastating bus accident in her youth.
Kahlo's raw, unflinching approach to depicting personal suffering established her as a pioneering figure in Surrealism and modern art. Rather than escape into fantasy, she transformed her inner anguish into visceral, symbolic imagery that remains profoundly moving. This painting exemplifies her distinctive ability to merge personal narrative with universal human experience, creating work of enduring psychological and artistic significance.
Bring the most iconic masterpieces onto your walls
Art lets you express in your home who you are: your story, your sensibility and your personality in the most beautiful and subtle way, a silent statement of culture, taste and sophistication. Whether they bring inspiration, serenity, hope or courage, the right artwork transforms how a space feels.
Your Personal Museum:
Walk through a world-class museum every single day, in your home! No queues, no velvet ropes, just you and the art.
From Renaissance masterpieces to Impressionist classics and modern art, our goal is to make the world's most iconic paintings accessible to every art lover and collector.
Quality & Craftsmanship:
Our prints are produced on museum-grade archival paper and inks made to resist the harmful effects of time, light and humidity.
Every detail, colour, texture, and nuance of the original artwork is preserved without alteration. We apply no colour enhancement, no digital filters, no modification. What you see is exactly what the master painted, their authentic palette, original shadows, every brushstroke that gives the masterpiece its soul.
Careful Packaging & Fast Shipping:
Each item is carefully packed in sturdy tubes with protective materials to ensure it remains undamaged during transport.
We offer worldwide delivery and dispatch all orders within 24 hours.
Delivery times: Europe: 2 to 4 days. USA & International: 2 to 7 days.
Our posters are sold without frames.
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*Posters are sold unframed
