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Among the few women artists who have transcended art history none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter Frida Kahlo 1907-1954. Her unmistakable face depicted in over fifty extraordinary self-portraits has been admired by generations; along with hundreds of photographs taken by notable artists such as Edward Weston Manuel and Lola lvarez Bravo Nickolas Muray and Martin Munkcsi they made Frida Kahlo an icon of 20th century art. After an accident in her early youth Frida became a painter. Her marriage to Diego Rivera in 1929 placed her at the forefront of an artistic scene not only in the cultural Renaissance of Mexico but also in the United States. Her work garnered praise from the poet Andr Breton who added the Mexican painter to the ranks of international surrealism and exhibited her work in Paris in 1939 to the admiration of Picasso Kandinsky and Duchamp. This large-format XXL book allows readers to admire Frida Kahlo’s paintings like never before including unprecedented detail shots and famous photographs. It presents pieces in private collections and reproduces works that were previously lost or have not been exhibited for more than 80 years forming the most extensive study of Kahlo’s work and life to date.
- Frida Kahlo transcended art history like no woman artist before her.
- She was a key figure of Mexican revolutionary modern art and a pioneer of the politics of gender sexuality and feminism.
- This XXL monograph combines all of Kahlos 152 paintings with rare photos diary pages letters and an illustrated biography.