#luther burbank

[pazzesco]

🎨 Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo - My Grandparents, My Parents and Me, 1936

Wedding portrait of Matilde Calderón and Guillermo Kahlo, February 21, 1898

On July 6, 1907, Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderón, the third daughter of the Kahlo Calderón family, is born in Coyoacán.

(left) Frida Kahlo at the age of four, 1911 (right) Frida at the age of five, 1912

At the age of six, Frida contracts polio. As a result, her right leg will be short and thin. Nevertheless, Frida is a restless, active child. Her father encourages her to do sports to strengthen her right leg.

1922 - Frida wants to study Medicine, so she enrolls in the National Preparatory School. She is one of thirty-five girls in a student body of 2,000 boys. At that time, to help her family, Frida works at a lumberyard, recording entries and exits. In her father’s photographic studio, she also learns how to color photos by hand with a brush.

1924 - The political climate becomes complicated with an uprising against president Álvaro Obregón. Frida’s mother, concerned about the lack of security, prohibits her from going to school.

Frida cannot see her boyfriend, Alejandro Gómez Arias, and cannot attend classes.

Frida Kahlo - Portrait of her boyfriend, Alejandro Gómez Arias, 1928

1925 - On September 17, Frida is seriously injured in a traffic accident. The bus she was riding with Alejandro was unable to slow down and was struck by a streetcar. Frida spends a month in the Red Cross hospital, where her older sister, Matilde, visits her.

Matilde Kahlo Calderón, 1917

Matilde, Frida’s older sister. Matilde will take care of Frida when she is sick and will oversee the correspondence with various physicians.

1926- Frida paints her first self-portrait.

1927 - Frida recovers enough to resume her social life. She continues to paint, now to earn money to help her parents pay her medical bills.

Frida Kahlo - Portrait of Miguel N. Lira, 1927

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera on their wedding day, August 21, 1929

Frida weds Diego in the town council of Coyoacán. She is 22 and the muralist is slightly more than twenty years older. Frida’s mother is of the idea that the marriage is the union of “an elephant and a dove.”

The Bus, 1929

Frida alludes to her accident in the painting The Bus, where she also depicts social classes in Mexico in the early twentieth century.

Diego pays off the mortgage that Guillermo Kahlo had taken out on the family home, and he puts the residence in Frida’s name. Her parents continue to live there.

1931 - Frida paints Frieda and Diego Rivera, which represents their wedding.

1932 - In Self-Portrait (on the Border between Mexico and the United States), Frida positions herself on an imaginary borderline, split between two realities: that of her country, where nature and traditions thrive, but that is also critical, and the visión of the neighboring country, dominated by machines and industrialization.

1933 - Frida paints My Dress Hangs Here during her stay in New York, while Diego tries to complete the controversial Rockefeller Center mural. In this canvas, Frida uses paint and newspaper and magazine clippings to form an avant-garde collage critical of reality.

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in the home of Luther Burbank, California, 1931

Portrait of Luther Burbank, 1931

Between 1937 and 1938 Frida does 20 paintings—more than she had ever painted in a single year—many of which she exhibits in New York. Ixcuhintli [sic] Dog with Me is one of those works. Noteworthy is the dark-colored dress in the portrait and the cigarette in her hand, still considered a male privilege at that time.

1939 - In her canvas What the Water Has Given Me, Frida fills a bathtub with symbols to show her life experiences. Roots, a dress, a volcano, birds, insects, a building, her parents, a corpse float in an aquatic world, full of intellectual riddles/puzzles. Her ailment is portrayed in the wound in her right foot.

1942 - President Manuel Ávila Camacho commissions Frida to paint a still life for the dining room of the official residence. However, the first lady, Ana Soledad Orozco, finds the canvas overly suggestive and returns it to the artist.

Frida Kahlo seated at/on the Casa Azul pyramid with her Self-Portrait as Tehuana or Diego on My Mind, 1943

Frida again exhibits her work in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, in the heart of Manhattan, and one of the foremost museums in the United States.

1943 - Roots

1945 - Frida paints the canvas Moses or The Birth of the Hero, after having read the book by the renowned psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud: Moses and Monotheism. Engineer José Domingo Lavín Revilla, Frida’s friend and patron, had lent her the volumen and asked her to paint her own interpretation. In this work, despite its small format, Kahlo imitates the layout of the mural painting. The canvas will be displayed in 1946 at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, in Mexico City, with the title Nuclear Sun.

1946 - Tree of Hope, Remain Strong

1949 - In My Family (unfinished), Frida draws the genealogical tree of her maternal ancestors, of Mexican origin, and her paternal family, of Hungarian-German ancestry. By this time, the painter’s parents had already died and in the canvas they join the grandparents in a cloud in the sky. Kahlo also portrays her sisters and includes the enigmatic presence of a baby, perhaps Frida’s brother who died before she was born.

‘Frida Kahlo’s desk’, Mexico City, Gisele Freund, 1950

Frida paints Portrait of My Father, Guillermo Kahlo, using a photo of her father in his youth as a reference point.

On July 13, 1954, at the age of 47, Frida dies.

Days before her death, in her canvas with watermelons, she writes the phrase “Viva la Vida” (Long Live Life), thus naming the work and leaving a final testimony to her resilience and hope.

#frida #frida kahlo #diego rivera #Guillermo Kahlo #Matilde kahlo #cliff clavin #Viva la Vida #portraits #Moses #rockefeller center #california #mexico #mexican #luther burbank

[rebeccathenaturalist]

If you've ever come out to the Pacific Northwest, especially west of the Cascades, you may have noticed that many roadsides and open lots are absolutely choked with blackberry thickets. Yes, the berries and leaves are edible, as with other Rubus species. But Himalayan blackberry--which is actually from Armenia--is an exceptionally aggressive invasive species here. And, as with many other invasive species, it was intentionally brought here with zero thought as to what ecological impact it would have.

Luther Burbank had this idea to breed vegetables and fruits that had superior flavor and which would be able to survive being shipped over rail across the country. Unfortunately, he was also a eugenicist who decided that the same principles of breeding for the "best qualities" should also be applied to our own species--and he wasn't alone in his opinion at the turn of the century.

It's definitely for the best that he never got around to putting that particular odious idea into practice. But it makes me feel just a little more satisfied when I'm able to successfully oust one of his pernicious blackberry canes from the ground--symbolic of good riddance to bad rubbish.

#gardening #blackberries #Himalayan blackberry #invasive species #invasive plants #Luther Burbank #PNW #Pacific Northwest #Oregon #Washington #environment #conservation #racism #eugenics #Seattle

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

“Science is the only savior.”

-- Luther Burbank

#Luther Burbank #science #science vs religion #religion vs science #religion is a mental illness

[awkwardbotany]

Apriums and Plumcots and Pluots, Oh My!

Apriums and Plumcots and Pluots, Oh My!

I was once a teenage paper carrier in small town Idaho. One of my stops was an apartment complex, and for much of the year, this was an uneventful stop. But for a few weeks in the summer, the purple-leaved plum trees out front had ripe fruit on them, and each time I was there, I would stop and take a few. In general, I don’t get that excited about fruit, but I enjoyed eating these plums. This…

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#agriculture #apricot #apriums #Asian plums #Awkward Botany Headquarters #cultivars #European plum #fruit #genetics #horticulture #HortScience #Luther Burbank #plant breeding #plant science research #plumcots #plums #pluots #Prunus domestica #Prunus salicina #varieties #Zaiger Genetics

[portalurania]

Retrato de Luther Burbank, feito por Frida Kahlo. Nem só de autorretratos foi feita a carreira de Frida. Nesse trabalho, por exemplo, a artista se inspirou em sua própria herança cultural mexicana para prestar uma homenagem o famoso agrônomo e cientista californiano Luther Burbank. Você pode ler mais sobre quem ele era, seu trabalho e o quadro que Frida Kahlo em nosso site.

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Portrait of Luther Burbank, 1931, by Frida Kahlo.

#frida kahlo #luther burbank #california #mexican art #arte mexicana #women painters #women artists #mulheres artistas #surrealism #surrealisme #portraiture #skeleton

[elegantzombielite]

"Nature's laws affirm instead of prohibit. If you violate her laws, you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman."

Luther Burbank, horticulturist (7 March 1849-1926)

#athoughtfortoday #luther burbank #nature #natural law

[sottolequerce]

In ogni pianta vivente, scorgiamo due politiche: una di difesa dai nemici, l’altra d’alleanza con amici utili. I ghiacci, i venti, gli uragani, la siccità, gli animali e gli insetti erbivori sono i principali nemici delle piante selvatiche, mentre le api, gli uccelli, le farfalle, il calore del sole, l'umidità e la fertilità del suolo sono i loro più grandi amici. Ma trapiantando queste piante e sottoponendole alla coltivazione, buttiamo all’aria tutto il loro ambiente vitale. Costruiamo siepi intorno ai rovi, rendendo inutile la produzione delle spine; salviamo i semi del ravanello e i bulbi del giglio, e con le nostre organizzazioni umane li distribuiamo dovunque potranno vivere bene; prendiamo marze dai meli, e le innestiamo dappertutto; selezioniamo e miglioriamo, coltiviamo e custodiamo, innaffiamo e proteggiamo tutte le piante cresciute da seme e diamo loro le condizioni più favorevoli. Impadronendoci delle loro principali funzioni, risolviamo quelli che per secoli furono i problemi fondamentali della loro esistenza; la protezione e la riproduzione. Subito le piante così favorite incominciano a svilupparsi in modo da farsi sempre più adatte per provvedere ai bisogni dell’uomo, al quale rivelano le proprie capacità, e che sfrutta al massimo le loro numerose attitudini.

Luther Burbank, Come si educano le piante (1941)

#citazione #cite #quote #botanica #luther burbank

[linusjf]

Luther Burbank: Nature's laws

“Nature’s laws affirm instead of prohibit. If you violate her laws, you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.” —Luther Burbank.

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#Luther Burbank

[callahanvilla]

#luther burbank #mercer island #seattle #washington

[goffjames]

Open Box - Flower Quotation of the Day by Luther Burbank

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#Art Music Photography Poetry Quotations #Flower #Goff James Art Music Photography Poetry Quotations #goffjamesart #Luther Burbank #Quotation

[eriklolsen]

The genius of Luther Burbank, father of the most famous potato in the world

Luther Burbank created some of the world’s most commercially successful fruits and vegetables, all from his Santa Rosa, California farm. Luther Burbank in his garden – Credit: Library of Congress The Los Angeles Times recently ran a review of fast-food french fries that caused a stir because the writer placed fries made at California’s beloved In-N-Out burger somewhere near the bottom. This…

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#california #Horticulture #luther burbank #potato #potatoes #russet burbank #science #tuber

[postersbykeith]

#quotes #Luther Burbank #if we paid no more arrention #plants #children #living in a jungle of weeds

[thevoidstaredback]

Because I'm thinking about it, and because I should be asleep, here's a list of every (not all) "Holy --- Batman!" I've found. (Pulled straight from the internet because I can only remember 1 off the top of my head)

Taken from Batman (1966-1968)

"Holy Oleo!"

"Holy Graf Zeppelin!"

"Holy IT&T!"

"Holy Pianola!"

"Holy Rheostat!"

"Holy Tintinnabulation!"

"Holy Bunions!"

"Holy Nightmare!"

"Holy Uncanny Photographic Mental Process!"

"Holy Contributing to the Deliquescy of Minors!"

"Holy Knit One, Purl Two!"

"Holy Cinderella!"

"Holy Bouncy Boiler Plate!"

"Holy Reshevsky!"

"Holy Paderewski!"

"Holy Luther Burbank!"

"Holy d'Artagnan!"

"Holy Priceless Collection of Etruscan Snoods!"

"Holy Hole in a Doughnut!"

"Holy Astringent Plum-Like Fruit!"

Now, the only one I can ever remember, taken from Batman Meets Scooby Doo

"Holy jumping jacks!"

#dc comics #dcu #dc #the batman #batman and robin #batman #robin #holy shit batman! #these are such dick grayson lines #though all sources I looked at have him losted as tim drake #conflicting that #the wiki page said “Tim Drake (later known as Nightwing)” so another Scooby fan might wanna go fix that real quick #unless they're having fun confusing me #I could also be the only one to care #scooby doo #scooby doo meets batman and robin #i love that movie #i'm gonna watch it this weekend #quotes #robin quotes #not a complete list #these are just some of the weirdest

[flowerishness]

Tanacetum vulgare (tansy) and Rubus armeniacus (Himalayan/Armenian blackberry)

Yesterday I went to downtown with a particular goal in mind. I wanted to take postcard-like photos of flowers with famous Vancouver landmarks in the background. The results were a bit disappointing and all I found was a nice show of Rudbeckia by the Science Center (yesterday's post). However, I did manage to get some shots of BC Place Stadium (our local football palace) with two familiar 'invasive weeds' in the foreground. in this sense my photography project was modestly successful.

Tansy was brought to North America by early European settlers for its purported medicinal benefits. As with the dandelion, the first tansy seeds arrived in a doctor's bag. Obviously, tansy has made itself at home and I see it all over the place.

The Himalayan blackberry was introduced to North America in 1885 by the American plant breeder Luther Burbank. According to legend, Burbank received the seeds from a person in India and naturally concluded this blackberry was from the Himalayas. Actually the guy in India got them from a collector in Armenia. Incidentally, this blackberry species may be extremely difficult to eradicate (and it has quite dangerous thorns) but it produces first-rate fruit.

#flowers #photographers on tumblr #tansy #himalayan blackberry #invasive plants #fleurs #flores #fiori #blumen #bloemen #BC Place Stadium #vancouver

[theyoungwaldschrat]

mine \\ Jarod K. Anderson (@cryptonature) \\ Frida Kahlo - Portrait of Luther Burbank \\ Prof. T.H. DeLuca - Soils Simplified \\ mine \\ Roman bronze hand amulet against the Evil Eye \\ NBC's Hannibal - S01E02 Amuse-Bouche \\ right: 9000 year old cave painting of a wasp faced mushroom shaman in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria; left: my interpretation \\ Andrew Adamatzky - Language of fungi derived from their electrical spiking activity, 2022 \\ Erich G. Vallery, USDA Forest Service - Cordyceps wasp

#moodboard #decomposing in the forest #mine #fungi #mushrooms #cordyceps #rot #you cannot kill me in a way that matters #you can't kill me in a way that matters

[zemagltd]

Everyday Poetry - “Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.” Luther Burbank

#photography #original photography on tumblr #photographers on tumblr #happiness #quotes #daily calm #nature #art #living