Kahlo, 1907-1954 : pain and passion
Kettenmann, Andrea2015
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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.
Main title:
Kahlo, 1907-1954 : pain and passion / Andrea Kettenmann.
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Imprint:
Köln : Taschen, [2015]©2015
Collation:
95 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 27 cm.
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Variant title:
Cover title: KahloSpine title: Frida Kahlo
Notes:
Translated from the German.This translation originally published: Köln: Benedikt Taschen, 1993.Includes bibliographical references.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9783836500852 (hbk)
Dewey class:
759.972759.972759.972 KAH759.972 KETT
Local class:
ARTIST-KAHLO
Language:
EnglishGerman
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BRN:
1846709
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