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    Kahlo
    Kahlo
    Kahlo
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    Kahlo

    By Gerry Souter

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    Behind Frida Kahlo’s portraits, lies the story of both her life and work. It is precisely this combination that draws the reader in. Frida’s work is a record of her life, and rarely can we learn so much about an artist from what she records inside the picture frame. Frida Kahlo truly is Mexico’s gift to the history of art. She was just eighteen years old when a terrible bus accident changed her life forever, leaving her handicapped and burdened with constant physical pain. But her explosive character, raw determination and hard work helped to shape her artistic talent. And although he was an obsessive womanizer, the great painter Diego Rivera was by her side. She won him over with her charm, talent and intelligence, and Kahlo learnt to lean on the success of her companion in order to explore the world, thus creating her own legacy whilst finding herself surrounded by a close-knit group of friends. Her personal life was turbulent, as she frequently left her relationship with Diego to one side whilst she cultivated her own bisexual relationships. Despite this, Frida and Diego managed to save their frayed relationship. The story and the paintings that Frida left us display a courageous account of a woman constantly on a search of self discovery.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherParkstone International
    Release dateDec 22, 2011
    ISBN9781781606087
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      Kahlo - Gerry Souter

      Author: Gerry Souter

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      © Parkstone Press International, New York, USA

      © Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museum Museums Trust. AV. Cinco de mayo n°2, Col. Centro, Del. Cuauhtémoc 06059, México, D.F.

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      No part of this publication may be reproduced or adapted without the permission of the copyright holder, throughout the world. Unless otherwise specified, copyright on the works reproduced lies with the respective photographers. Despite intensive research, it has not always been possible to establish copyright ownership. Where this is the case, we would appreciate notification.

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      Gerry Souter

      Frida Kahlo

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

      1. Frida Kahlo at the Age of Eighteen Years, 1926.

      2. Diego Rivera, Arsenal – Frida Kahlo  Distributing Weapons. Detail from the cycle  Political Ideal of the Mexican People  (in the Fiesta Court), 1928.

      3. Accident, 1926.

      4. Portrait of Cristina, my Sister, 1928.

      5. Portrait of Alejandro Gómez Arias, 1928.

      6. Frida and Diego Rivera or Frida Kahlo  and Diego Rivera, 1931.

      7. Self-Portrait, 1930.

      8. Portrait of Eva Frederick, 1931.

      9. Portrait of Dr. Leo Eloesser, 1931.

      10. Portrait of Luther Burbank, 1931.

      11. Henry Ford Hospital or The Flying Bed, 1932.

      12. A Few Small Nips, 1935.

      13. Self-Portrait (Standing) along the Border  between Mexico and the United States, 1932.

      14. My Dress Hangs There or New York, 1933.

      15. My Grandparents, my Parents and I, 1936.

      16. Portrait of Diego Rivera, 1937.

      17. Self-Portrait with Necklace, 1933.

      18. Nickolas Muray, Frida Kahlo, 1938-1939.

      19. Memory or The Heart, 1937.

      20. Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky  or Between the Curtains, 1937.

      21. What the Water Gave Me, 1938.

      22. Self-Portrait The Frame, ca. 1938.

      23. Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair, 1940.

      24. Self-Portrait with Iztcuintli Dog, ca. 1938.

      25. Fruits of the Earth, 1938.

      26. Nickolas Muray, Frida Kahlo, ca. 1939.

      27. The Two Fridas, 1939.

      28. Me and my Parrots, 1941.

      29. Self-Portrait with Monkey, 1940.

      30. The Dream or The Bed, 1940.

      31. Self-Portrait with Braid, 1941.

      32. Self-Portrait Dedicated to Dr. Eloesser, 1940.

      33. Still Life, 1942.

      34. Diego and I, 1949.

      35. Thinking about Death, 1943.

      36. Roots or The Pedregal, 1943.

      37. Self-Portrait as a Tehuana or Diego on my Mind, 1943.

      38. Portrait of Doña Rosita Morillo, 1944.

      39. The Bride Frightened at Seeing Life Opened, 1943.

      40. Still Life: Viva la Vida (Long Live Life), ca. 1951-1954.

      41. The Broken Column, 1944.

      42. Self-Portrait with Monkey, 1945.

      43. Self-Portrait with Hair Down, 1947.

      44. Magnolias, 1945.

      45. Page from her diary (1946-1954)  showing the artist’s personal conflict in Moon, Sun, I?.

      46. Tree of Hope, Keep Strong, 1946.

      47. Without Hope, 1945.

      48. The Wounded Deer (The Little Deer), 1946.

      49. Moving Still Life, 1952.

      50. Fruits of Life, 1953.

      51. Portrait of my Father, 1951.

      52. Self-Portrait with Stalin or Frida and Stalin, ca. 1954.

      53. Diary page, 1953.

      54. The last picture in her diary.

      55. Marxism will Give Health to the Sick, ca. 1954.

      56. The Studio of Frida Kahlo.

      57. Frida Kahlo and

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