Montblanc’s inspiration is Frida Kahlo, a Mexican painter who has left her mark on the lives of art lovers. Her enthusiasm for participating in the political life of the country and her enormous sensitivity, marked her and later became part of her artistic creation.
Frieda Kahlo de Rivera (1907-1954), was known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. She was considered one of Mexico’s greatest artist, who began painting mostly self-portraits after she was severely injured in a bus accident. Kahlo later became politically active and married fellow communist artist Diego Rivera in 1929. She exhibited her paintings in Paris and Mexico before her death in 1954.
Mexican culture and art of the peoples of pre-Columbian America had a noticeable influence on her work. Her deeply personal, naive, and exquisitely metaphorical painting led her to occupy a place among the great painters of this country. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy. Though Frida never considered herself as a Surrealist, but André Breton, one of the primary figures of the Surrealism movement, who later became Kahlo’s friend, ranked her as a surrealist.
Frida Kahlo’s artistic style is described as naïve art or folk art. In her self-portraits, she captured her soul, her pain, her particular perception of life and her pride in her roots.
Limited Edition 70
Dedicated to the famous Mexican artist and inspired by her creative work, the Limited Edition Fountain Pen’s design features a cobalt blue body, reminiscent of her home “Casa Azul”. The color of Blue House or “Casa Azul” is what she herself described as the representation of electricity, purity and love, which predominates in this beautiful writing instrument. The guilloché pattern is inspired by her adoration for the ornamental objects of her Mexican culture.
Although there are versions which maintain that the painter claimed not to belong to surrealism, there are elements in the pen that refer to this trend, such as the cap in Au750 champagne gold skeleton, decorated with plant-like tendrils inspired by the surrealist gardens of her paintings. The clip bearing a dark red Mozambican garnet (approx. 0.81ct) like a flower in the forest in heart shape, symbolizes her passion and her pain. The clip’s bold V shape is a reflection of her iconic eyebrows.
The medium gold nib is engraved with a nice portrait of Frida Kahlo and the Montblanc emblem in mother-of-pear adorns the cap top of the Limited Edition Fountain Pen.
The Frida Kahlo Edition is limited to 70 pieces, the number of her diary pages that records the intimate thoughts and feelings of a prominent figure in 20th century Mexican painting. The last page of her famous final entry reads: “I’m happy to be leaving and I hope never to return”.
Launch 2011
