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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...
2) Viva Frida
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
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Via spare text, in both English and Spanish, this book examines Kahlo's creative process.
3) Frida Kahlo
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Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c1994
Description
An account of the Mexican-born painter's tumultuous career.
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Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2013]
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"You can always recognize a painting by Kahlo because she is in nearly all--with her black braided hair and colorful Mexican outfits. A brave woman who was an invalid most of her life, she transformed herself into a living work of art. As famous for her self-portraits and haunting imagery as she was for her marriage to another famous artist, Diego Rivera, this strong and courageous painter was inspired by the ancient culture and history of her beloved...
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"Carlos Fuentes writes passionately and brilliantly about Frida Kahlo in the introduction of this book, which reproduces the pages and drawings of Kahlo's personal diary. Sarah M. Lowe, who wrote the commentaries and the essay, provides a more balanced view. Work is a curious gathering of thoughts and feelings, observations and annotations, and indeed makes the reader feel that he/she is entering forbidden and intimate territory. A deep realm, at...
8) Frida
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Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Description
Discusses the childhood of Frida Kahlo and how it influenced her art.
9) Frida Kahlo
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Publisher
Children's Press
Description
Discusses the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, including her childhood, her art, and her marriage to Diego Rivera.
11) Frida Kahlo
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1993
Edition
1st ed.
Description
Celebrates the life and work of the Mexican painter.
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"The riveting story of how three years spent in the United States transformed Frida Kahlo into the artist we know today Mexican artist Frida Kahlo adored adventure. In November, 1930, she was thrilled to realize her dream of traveling to the United States to live in San Francisco, Detroit, and New York. Still, leaving her family and her country for the first time was monumental. Only twenty-three and newly married to the already world-famous forty-three-year-old...
14) Frida
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Widescreen.
Description
The life of artist Frida Kahlo, from her humble upbringing to her worldwide fame and controversy that surrounded both her and her husband, Diego Rivera.
16) Frida Kahlo
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Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Discusses the life, art, and legacy of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Includes a timeline, linking the events in her life with world events.
17) Frida Kahlo
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Publisher
Rizzoli
Pub. Date
1992]
Description
Explores the events in Kahlo's life that led her to create in her unique style.
18) Frida Kahlo
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Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Frida Kahlo's desire to study medicine was destroyed by a childhood accident. Frida began painting from her bedside and produced over 140 works, culminating in a solo exhibition in America. This inspiring and informative little biography comes with extra facts about Frida's life at the back.
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First edition.
Description
The life and fate of Laura Díaz becomes entwined in the history, culture, and politics of Mexico, in a novel that chronicles her life from 1905 to 1978 as she becomes a politically active artist, wife, mother, and lover.
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