Frida Kahlo was een Mexicaanse schilderes wier kenmerkende stijl is geïnspireerd op inheemse Mexicaanse culturen en Europese stromingen zoals realisme, symbolisme en surrealisme. Haar kunst, gekenmerkt door levendige kleuren, verkent vaak thema's van pijn en seksualiteit via symbolische zelfportretten. Kahlo en haar echtgenoot, de muralist Diego Rivera, deelden politieke opvattingen en steunden elkaars artistieke inspanningen. Haar werk heeft aanzienlijke internationale erkenning gekregen en haar nalatenschap wordt vandaag de dag breed gevierd.
The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is one of the most important 20th century painters, and one of the few Latin American artists to have achieved a global reputation. In 1983 her work was declared the property of the Mexican state. Kahlo was one of the daughters of an immigrant German photographer and a Mexican woman of Indian origin.
42 selected master works by legendary Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. A special bargain in first-class Schirmer/Mosel quality.
Prestel Mini showing Frida Kahlo's paintings in mini format.
This volume covers the major events of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's (1907-1954) tumultuous life and graphically displays some of her most well known works. Each section contains a biography, chronology and photos of that period of her life. The remainder of the book contains 42 plates of her masterpiece paintings reproduced in full color and detail. Sections of the paintings are enlarged to reveal the intricate detail, the brush strokes and even the texture of the canvas. A descriptive analysis of each painting is included to provide an insight into its meaning and her inspiration to create the piece.
At eighteen, a bus accident changed Frida Kahlo's life, leaving her with lifelong pain. However, her determination and hard work fostered her artistic talent. Her paintings and writings reflect the courageous life story of a woman who continually sought herself alongside the famous Diego Rivera.
In the fall of 1938 Frida Kahlo traveled to New York for her first solo exhibition. There she met photographer Nickolas Muray whom she had first met in Mexico, and they started a passionate affair. Muray, born in Hungary, was a successful New York fashion and commercial photographer known for his portraits of celebrities such as Fred Astaire, Marlene Dietrich, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Bernard Shaw, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Claude Monet. Having experimented with color from early on, Muray found his most colorful model in Frida Kahlo. Their liaison yielded a series of breathtaking, mostly color photographs, most of them never published. Our book for the first time presents a large selection of this series, with excerpts from the Kahlo/Muray correspondence and an essay by Salomon Grimberg.
The intimate life of artist Frida Kahlo is wonderfully revealed in the illustrated journal she kept during her last 10 years. This passionate and at times surprising record contains the artist's thoughts, poems, and dreams; many reflecting her stormy relationship with her husband, artist Diego Rivera, along with 70 mesmerising watercolour illustrations. The text entries in brightly coloured inks make the journal as captivating to look at as it is to read. Her writing reveals the artist's political sensibilities, recollections of her childhood, and her enormous courage in the face of more than thirty-five operations to correct injuries she had sustained in an accident at the age of eighteen.
Frida Kahlo's legacy continues to grow in the public imagination in the nearly fifty years since her "discovery" in the 1970s. This collection of conversations over the course of her brief career allows a peek at the woman behind the hype. And allows us to see the image of herself she carefully crafted for the public.Frida Kahlo is now an icon. In the decades since her death, Kahlo has been celebrated as a proto-feminist, a misunderstood genius, and a leftist hero, but during her lifetime most knew her as ... Diego Rivera's wife. Featuring conversations with American scholar and Marxist, Bertram D. Wolfe, and art critic Raquel Tibol, this collection shows an artist undervalued, but also a woman in control of her image. From her timid beginnings after her first solo show, to a woman who confidently states that she is her only influence, the many faces of Kahlo presented here clearly show us the woman behind the "Fridamania" we know today.
A private entry from Frida Kahlo's journal, hidden for nearly four decades, is vividly brought to life through stunning illustrations in this picture book. The work captures the essence of Kahlo's artistic spirit and personal reflections, offering readers a unique glimpse into her thoughts and emotions. The combination of her words and the visual artistry creates an engaging experience that celebrates her legacy and invites exploration of her inner world.