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Frida Kahlo ~ Taschen Basic Art Series Book

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Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Taschen GmbH; illustrated edition (8 Mar 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3822859834
ISBN-13: 978-3822859834
Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 18.5 x 0.8 cm

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

The Taschen Basic Art Album series is the perfect and best value for money introduction to the work of Frida Kahlo. As the scans below demonstrate it is packed with info and examples of her work and includes phtos of her home and studio including an unfinished painting of Stalin she was working on at the time of her death.

I can't recommend this book highly enough for students wanting to know about her life and how she arrived at specific works; or indeed for anyone with even just a passing interest in the work of one of the great names in modern art.

The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is one of the most important 20th century painters, and one of the few Latin American artists to have achieved a global reputation. In 1983 her work was declared the property of the Mexican state. Kahlo was one of the daughters of an immigrant German photographer and a Mexican woman of Indian origin. Her life and work were more inextricably interwoven than in almost any other artist's case. Two events in her life were of crucial importance. When she was 18, a bus accident put her in hospital for a year with a smashed spinal column and fractured pelvis. It was from her sick bed that she first started to paint. Then, aged 21, she married the world-famous Mexican mural artist Diego Rivera. She was to suffer the effects of the accident her whole life long, and was particularly pained by her inability to have children. Her arresting pictures, most of them small format self-portraits, express the burdens that weighed upon her soul: her unbearable physical pain, the grief that Rivera's occasional affairs prompted, the sorrow about her childlessness caused her, her homesickness when living abroad and her longing to feel that she had put down roots, profound loneliness. However, they also declare her passionate love for her husband, her pronounced sensuousness, and her unwavering survival instinct.

Available in over 20 languages, "Taschen's Basic Art" series offers budget-minded readers quality books on the greatest artists of all time. The neat, slick format and nice price tag make Basic Art books perfect for collecting. Every book in the "Basic Art" series features: a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist; approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions; and, a concise biography.

Condition: as per scans below. Used - Very Good. Cover front an back has slight wear in places. Rest of the book mint.