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Kahlo, 1907-1954 : pain and passion / Andrea Kettenmann.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Basic art 2.0Publication details: Köln : Taschen, [2015]Description: 95 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9783836500852 (hbk.) :
Other title:
  • Kahlo [Cover title]
  • Frida Kahlo [Spine title]
Contained works:
  • Kahlo, Frida. Works. Selections
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 759.972 23
LOC classification:
  • ND259.K33
Summary: Frida Kahlo's pictures were in many ways expressions of trauma. The daughter of an immigrant German photographer father and a Mexican mother of Indian origin, Kahlo was involved in a serious road accident at the age of 18, which left her with lifelong health problems, including the inability to have a child. This richly illustrated book offers an accessible and informed introduction to Kahlo's life and work, looking at the artist's dramatic, colourful canvases which combined religious Mexican tradition with Surrealist elements. These paintings can be seen as reflections both of Kahlo's physical distress and of her volatile marriage to world-famous mural painter Diego Rivera - a tumultuous relationship fraught with furious tempers, numerous extra marital affairs, divorce, and remarriage.
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Reference The Harden Library, King's Hospital Art Room Art Room (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Translated from the German.

This translation originally published: Köln: Benedikt Taschen, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references.

Frida Kahlo's pictures were in many ways expressions of trauma. The daughter of an immigrant German photographer father and a Mexican mother of Indian origin, Kahlo was involved in a serious road accident at the age of 18, which left her with lifelong health problems, including the inability to have a child. This richly illustrated book offers an accessible and informed introduction to Kahlo's life and work, looking at the artist's dramatic, colourful canvases which combined religious Mexican tradition with Surrealist elements. These paintings can be seen as reflections both of Kahlo's physical distress and of her volatile marriage to world-famous mural painter Diego Rivera - a tumultuous relationship fraught with furious tempers, numerous extra marital affairs, divorce, and remarriage.

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