Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
Hailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo reveals a woman of extreme magnetism and originality, an artist whose sensual vibrancy came straight from her own experiences: her childhood near Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution; a devastating accident at age eighteen that left her crippled and unable to bear children; her tempestuous marriage to muralist Diego Rivera and intermittent love affairs with men as diverse as Isamu...
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Hailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo reveals a woman of extreme magnetism and originality, an artist whose sensual vibrancy came straight from her own experiences: her childhood near Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution; a devastating accident at age eighteen that left her crippled and unable to bear children; her tempestuous marriage to muralist Diego Rivera and intermittent love affairs with men as diverse as Isamu Noguchi and Leon Trotsky; her association with the Communist Party; her absorption in Mexican folklore and culture; and her dramatic love of spectacle. Here is the tumultuous life of an extraordinary twentieth-century woman — with illustrations as rich and haunting as her legend.Ms. magazineA haunting, highly vivid biography.
PrefaceixPart 11The Blue House on Londres Street32Childhood in Coyoacan103The National Preparatory School22Part 24Accident and Aftermath475The Broken Column626Diego: The Frog Prince78Part 37The Elephant and the Dove938Newlywed: The Tehuana Frida1019Gringolandia11410Detroit: Henry Ford Hospital13311Revolutionaries in the Temple of Finance161Part 412A Few Small Nips17913Trotsky19214A Painter in Her Own Right21515This Pinchisimo Paris24116What the Water Gave Me254Part 517A Necklace of Thorns26918Remarriage29519Patrons, Politics, Public Recognition31620The Little Deer34421Portraits of a Marriage360Part 622Naturaleza Viva: Alive Still Life38323Homage to Frida Kahlo40524Night Is Falling in My Life41225Viva la Vida433Acknowledgments441Selected Bibliography445Notes449List of Illustrations493Index499
\ From Barnes & NobleWith generous use of firsthand sources including collectors, friends, and fellow artists, Hayden Herrera has produced an exhaustively researched study of the Mexican painter's life, loves, and artistic ambitions. Material from the artist's letters and diaries adds a distinctively intimate tone to a sympathetically told tale of sexuality, politics, and marginalization in the world of art. This bestselling book is considered the primary record of Kahlo's life.\ \ \ \ \ Ms. magazine"A haunting, highly vivid biography.\ \ \ Ms. Magazine"A haunting, highly vivid biography."\ \ \ \ \ Ms. magazineA haunting, highly vivid biography.\ \
