Frida Kahlo: The Paintings - Hardcover

Herrera, Hayden

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9780747510239: Frida Kahlo: The Paintings

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0747510237 ISBN 13: 9780747510239

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1992

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The art and life of Frida Kahlo have become the focus of intense admiration in the last ten years, especially following the publication of Hayden Herrera's biography. Two films and a documentary have been made of her life. Kahlo was 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; her association through her husband Diego Rivera with the Communist party; her absorption in Mexican folklore and culture; and her dramatic love of spectacle.

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"Engaging and well illustrated."--Wall Street Journal

"Perhaps the most direct analysis of Frida Kahlo's life and art within one volume to date."--Library Journal

About the Author:

Hayden Herrera is an art historian. She has lectured widely, curated several exhibitions of art, taught Latin American art at New York University, and has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. She is the author of numerous articles and reviews for such publications as Art in America, Art Forum, Connoisseur, and the New York Times, among others. Her books include Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo; Mary Frank; and Matisse: A Portrait. She is working on a critical biography of Arshile Gorky. She lives in New York City.

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