{"product_id":"libro-frida-kahlo-40th-ed","title":"Frida Kahlo. 40th Ed.","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"read-more__title\"\u003eSuffering and Passion\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003eThe Painting of Mexico's Most Famous Painter\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003eAmong the women artists who have transcended art history, none had as meteoric a rise as the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954). Several generations have admired her unmistakable face, depicted in more than fifty extraordinary self-portraits; these, along with hundreds of photographs taken by masters such as \u003cstrong\u003eManuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eNickolas Muray\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eMartin Munkácsi\u003c\/strong\u003e, made Frida Kahlo an iconic image of 20th-century art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter suffering an accident in her early youth, Frida decided to become a painter. Her marriage in 1929 to Diego Rivera placed her at the forefront of the artistic scene of Mexico’s cultural renaissance and also in the United States. The poet \u003cstrong\u003eAndré Breton\u003c\/strong\u003e praised her work, \u003cstrong\u003eincorporated her into the ranks of international surrealism\u003c\/strong\u003e, and exhibited her work in Paris in 1939, where Picasso, Kandinsky, and Duchamp admired it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume allows readers to \u003cstrong\u003econtemplate Frida Kahlo’s paintings like never before\u003c\/strong\u003e, accompanied by famous photographs. It presents works from private collections that are difficult to access and \u003cstrong\u003ereproduces paintings that had been lost or not exhibited for over 80 years\u003c\/strong\u003e. The volume offers \u003cstrong\u003ethe most extensive study of Frida Kahlo’s paintings published to date\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reader will find in this book a fascinating account of Frida Kahlo’s artistic career. \u003cstrong\u003eWe access Frida’s intimate affections and passions\u003c\/strong\u003e through a selection of drawings, pages from her personal diary, and an \u003cstrong\u003eextensive biography illustrated with photos of Frida, Diego, and the Casa Azul\u003c\/strong\u003e, the home and center of the painter’s universe.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57024984252760,"sku":"LIB-FR-TA-715","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/KAHLO_PAINTINGS_45_GB_3D_40780.jpg?v=1775165386","url":"https:\/\/eu.plasticbooks.com\/en\/products\/libro-frida-kahlo-40th-ed","provider":"Plastic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}