Somos un blog agradable familia, dedicado al estudio de las muñecas, una muñeca que recoge. Nuestra misión es coleccionistas de interés de todas las edades, pero especialmente los niños, en la que recogen las muñecas, los juguetes y artículos relacionados. Muñecas de contar la historia de la humanidad y están entre los más viejos artefactos culturales, hechos en la imagen de sus creadores.
Sunday, November 15, 2020
American Doll and Toy Museum: Progress Update on my latest book and our Museum
Saturday, October 3, 2020
Lo siento, en ingles, pero es de Friday Kahlo y sus Munecas
This close to El Dia de Muertos, which Frida loved, I include a post in her honor, dedicated to our friend, Susan Sirkis, who once asked me to do a FB post on her.
Many art lovers are aware of Frida Kahlo’s startling, surrealist art, often painted on a much smaller scale than the larger than life murals of her husband, Diego Rivera. Frida has been celebrated in documentaries and in the film Frida, based on Hayden Herrera’s biography of the artist. There is even a religion based on her and her art called Kahloism. Both she and Rivera have been discussed for their turbulent marriage, their art, and their politics, but not many realized that both were avid collectors. Frida was very fond of dolls and toys. Diego collected folk art and pre-Columbian figures.
The two lived in adjoining houses,
his was La Casa Rosada, or the pink house, while hers was La Casa Azul, or the
blue house. In fact, on a trip to
Dolls and folk art figured in her paintings as well, especially her “Four Inhabitants of Mexico.” In this painting, she uses Day of the Dead figures and Calaveras. There is also “Me and My Doll,” 1937 http://www.fridakahlo.org/me-and-my-doll.jsp. The last painting reminds me of doll paintings that Picasso did, especially of his daughter, Paloma. Note that a doll museum he visited in around 1915 influenced Picasso’s painting Demoiselles de Avignon.
It is said Frida kept pets and collected dolls because she could not have children. Yet, she was fond of toys and collecting them even before the horrific 1925 accident that severely affected her health. In fact, she was on the bus that was hit because she had gone back to retrieve a favorite toy from another bus. She had forgotten the toy on the earlier bus.
Frida’s costumes and apparel and doll costumes for Mexican
dolls are very similar. Kahlo wore
traditional outfits from various regions in
Frida has become a Muse, and is often portrayed as a doll or work of art. Dolls that represent Frida are paper dolls, cloth, artist sculpts, wax, and vinyl. The recent Mattel doll sparked some controversy from a few involved in the film Frida, loosely based on a biography by Hayden Herrera.
Folk Art important to both; Diego
got in trouble in
Sunday, July 12, 2020
No somos Doll Snobs
Saturday, June 20, 2020
American Doll and Toy Museum: The Dolls are Moving soon to their Forever Home!
Saturday, June 13, 2020
Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: World Doll Day!
Friday, April 17, 2020
Esta Semana
Fixing dolls |
Furnishing doll houses |
Tulips |
Cleaning up and restoring dolls |
Historical and Celebrity dolls |