Self-Portrait - Time Flies (Autorretrato - Tiempo Vuela) by Frida Kahlo – Hand-Painted Oil Reproduction

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Self-Portrait – Time Flies (Autorretrato – Tiempo Vuela) by Frida Kahlo – Hand-Painted Oil Reproduction

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Original price was: $658.13.Current price is: $206.84. Rolled canvas · 30 × 38.9 cm

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Explore the profound symbolism of time, mortality, and emerging maturity with this museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction of Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait – Time Flies (Autorretrato – Tiempo Vuela) (1929). Painted during a pivotal year of her marriage to Diego Rivera, this striking 77.5 x 61 cm canvas on Masonite captures Kahlo gazing outward with an air of quiet gravity, crowned by a winged alarm clock. Meticulously hand-painted by senior studio artists at Dafen Village Studio, each canvas faithfully translates the Naïve aesthetic, rich earth tones, surreal temporal symbolism, and unblinking gaze of Kahlo’s original masterpiece.

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Categories: Frida Kahlo, Portraits, Surrealism

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Painted in 1929—the momentous year of her marriage to Mexican muralist Diego Rivera and her rapid evolution into a mature, independent artist—Self-Portrait – Time Flies (Autorretrato – Tiempo Vuela) stands as one of Frida Kahlo’s most conceptually intriguing early self-portraits. Executed on Masonite in a striking 77.5 x 61 cm format, this canvas captures Kahlo posing with solemn dignity against a muted, neutral background. Above her head hovers a whimsical yet symbolic winged alarm clock, personifying the relentless, fleeting nature of time and the emotional weight of her post-accident convalescence. Shifting away from her earlier academic exercises, Kahlo fully embraces the bold contours, flat perspective, and direct emotional honesty of Mexican Naïve art and folk portrait traditions, cementing her unique visual vocabulary.

Recreating Naïve Precision and Earthy Glazes in Oil

Translating Kahlo’s 1929 masterwork onto canvas requires a delicate balance of folk-art stylization, warm earth-tone glazing, and precise linear draughtsmanship. The distinct charm of Self-Portrait – Time Flies relies on smooth, matte color fields, rich ochres and olives, and the meticulous rendering of the winged timepiece. Our studio artists take special care to layer translucent earth glazes, warm chestnut browns, and soft ivory highlights—faithfully reproducing the quiet atmosphere, tactile surface depth, and soulful gravity of Kahlo’s original Masonite painting.

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With its rich historical pedigree, warm earthy palette, and profound surrealist symbolism, a reproduction of Self-Portrait – Time Flies brings timeless grace, intellectual depth, and visual poetry to traditional, transitional, eclectic, and classic study interiors. Its sophisticated palette of deep olive greens, warm terracotta browns, creamy ivories, and muted ochres pairs effortlessly with dark walnut or mahogany woodwork, leather armchairs, vintage bookshelves, and ornate antique gold, champagne gold, or deep wood gallery framing. It offers a captivating, conversation-starting centerpiece for an executive study, private library, bedroom suite, or intimate gallery wall.

Key Details

Original Artist: Frida Kahlo (1929)
Original Title: Autorretrato – Tiempo Vuela
Creation Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Style / Movement: Naïve Art / Primitivism / Early Surrealist Symbolism
Artwork Genre / Theme: Self-Portrait / Allegory of Time & Mortality
Product Type: Hand-painted oil painting reproduction / canvas interpretation

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