Among thewomen artistswho have transcended art history, none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907 1954). Her unmistakable face, depicted inover fifty extraordinary self-portraits, has been admired by generations; along withhundreds of photographstaken by notable artists such asManuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, Nickolas Muray, andMartin Munkácsi, they made Frida Kahlo an icon of 20th century art.After an accident in her early youth, Frida became a painter. Her marriage toDiego Riverain 1929 placed her at the forefront of an artistic scene not only in thecultural Renaissance of Mexico, but also in the United States. Her work garnered praise from the poetAndré Breton, who added the Mexican painter to the ranks of international surrealismand exhibited her work in Paris in 1939 to the admiration of Picasso, Kandinsky, and Duchamp.We access the intimacy of Frida s affections and passionsthrough a selection of drawings, pages from her personal diary, and anextensive illustrated biographyfeaturing photos of Frida, Diego, and the Casa Azul, Frida s home and the center of her universe.This book allows readers toadmire Frida Kahlos paintings like never before, includingunprecedented detail shotsandfamous photographs. It presents pieces in private collections and reproduces works that werepreviously lost or have not been exhibited for more than 80 years.
