While a few female artists have managed to secure a place in art history, none has experienced such a meteoric rise as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–1954). Easily recognizable and depicted in over fifty extraordinary self-portraits, her face has been admired for generations. This unique body of work, combined with hundreds of photos taken by renowned photographers like Edward Weston, Manuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, Nickolas Muray, and Martin Munkácsi, has made Frida Kahlo an icon of 20th-century art. Frida decided to become a painter after an accident during her adolescence. Her marriage to Diego Rivera in 1929 propelled her into the artistic limelight, not only in Mexico but also in the United States and Europe. Figures like André Breton praised her work and included her in the international circle of Surrealists. In 1939, her works were exhibited in Paris, where Picasso, Kandinsky, and Duchamp admired them.
This XXL-format book offers readers the opportunity to explore Frida Kahlo's paintings like never before. With stunning reproductions, sometimes enlarged from their original dimensions and interacting with famous photographs of the artist, it showcases works from private collections, rarely accessible to the public, as well as others believed to be lost or not exhibited for over 80 years. This volume represents the most comprehensive study to date of Frida Kahlo's paintings. Sketches, excerpts from her diary, letters, and a richly illustrated biography with photographs of Frida, Diego, and Casa Azul—the heart of her world—provide a very personal insight into the life and artistic universe of Frida Kahlo.
Publication Date: 07/09/2021
Publisher: Taschen
Format: Coffee Table Book
Binding: Boxed
Number of Pages: 624 pages
Weight: 6.436 kg
Dimensions: 33.0 cm × 47.5 cm × 7.5 cm
EAN: 9783836583077
ISBN: 978-3-8365-8307-7