- Guillermo Kahlo
Carl Wilhelm Kahlo (
26 October 1871 inPforzheim ,Germany –14 April 1941 ) was a Mexicanphotographer and father of artistFrida Kahlo , who painted his portrait.Kahlo was the son of jeweller Jakob Heinrich Kahlo and Henriette Kaufmann. [cite book | last = Herrera | first = Hayden | authorlink = Hayden Herrera | title = A Biography of Frida Kahlo | publisher = HarperCollins | date = 1983 | location = New York | pages = p.5 | id = ISBN-13: 978-0060085896] According to "Fridas Vater: Der Fotograf Guillermo Kahlo" by Gaby Franger and Rainer Huhle, "despite the legend propagated by Frida", Guillermo might not have had Jewish-Hungarian roots, but "came from families accommodated in
Frankfurt and Pforzheim". Earlier sources (originating from information from Frida herself) state that he was of Hungarian Jewish descent. [cite book | last = Herrera | first = Hayden | authorlink = Hayden Herrera | title = A Biography of Frida Kahlo | publisher = HarperCollins | date = 1983 | location = New York | pages = p.5 | id = ISBN-13: 978-0060085896] He attended the University ofNuremberg . His father paid him to travel toMexico in 1891 as he did not get on with his stepmother. In Mexico, he changed his name from Wilhelm to Guillermo.In 1901 he set up a photographic studio, working for "El Mundo Ilustrado" and "Semanario Ilustrado". He was commissioned by the government to do architectural photographs, probably his best work. He also took photographs of churches with other photographers for a six-volume survey in the 1920s.
He married Maria Cardena in 1895. The night she died giving birth to their third child, he asked Antonio Calderón for his daughter Matilde's hand in marriage. After the marriage, Kahlo sent his and Maria's daughters away to be raised in a
convent .He is played by
Roger Rees in the movie "Frida ".References
External links
* [http://www.throckmorton-nyc.com/G_Kahlo_index.htm Photo gallery]
* [http://photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa042803d.htm Mexican highlights: Jackson & Kahlo biography]
* [http://www.fridakahlofans.com/chronologyenglish.html Chronology of Frida Kahlo's life, with info on Guillermo]
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