Frida Kahlo

Pain and Passion

The Paintings of Frida Kahlo

Among the  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  Manuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, Nickolas Muray, and  Martin Munkácsi, 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  André 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.

We access the intimacy of Frida’s affections and passions  through a selection of drawings, pages from her personal diary, and an  extensive illustrated biography  featuring photos of Frida, Diego, and the Casa Azul, Frida’s home and the center of her universe.

This 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.