Publisher Description

This book traces the extraordinary life of an artist whose unforgettable imagery combined cruelty and wit, honesty and insolence, pain and empowerment. Admired by the Surrealists and photographed by the greatest, Frida was most renowned for her self-portraits and unusual still lives. She learned about suffering at an early age. She contracted polio when she was six and was seriously maimed in a bus accident at the age of eighteen, which led to injuries that affected her for the rest of her life. She had a legendarily turbulent marriage to the great mural painter Diego Rivera, with whom she formed a strong attachment to indigenous Mexican folk art and a deep commitment to Communism.

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Traces the extraordinary life of the artist Frida Kahlo, and features some of her works.

Author Biography

Christina Burrus is a curator and widely published author on art.Among her previous books is The Art Collectors of Russia.

Review

'The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon around a bomb' - André Breton

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The quite extraordinary life and art of Frida Kahlo, explored in this profusely illustrated pocket-book

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The quite extraordinary life and art of Frida Kahlo, explored in this profusely illustrated pocket-book

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