{"product_id":"9783836594851-frida-kahlo-40th-edition","title":"Frida Kahlo","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e45th Ed.\u003cbr\u003eFrida Kahlo transcended art history like no woman artist before her. She was a key figure of Mexican revolutionary modern art and a pioneer of the politics of gender, sexuality, and feminism. This monograph combines Kahlo’s paintings with rare photos, diary pages, and an illustrated biography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the \u003cstrong\u003ewomen artists \u003c\/strong\u003ewho have transcended art history, none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–1954). Her unmistakable face, depicted in \u003cstrong\u003eover fifty extraordinary self-portraits\u003c\/strong\u003e, has been admired by generations; along with \u003cstrong\u003ehundreds of photographs\u003c\/strong\u003e taken by notable artists such as \u003cstrong\u003eManuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, Nickolas Muray\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eMartin Munkácsi\u003c\/strong\u003e, they made Frida Kahlo an icon of 20th century art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter an accident in her early youth, Frida became a painter. Her marriage to \u003cstrong\u003eDiego Rivera\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1929 placed her at the forefront of an artistic scene not only in the \u003cstrong\u003ecultural Renaissance of Mexico\u003c\/strong\u003e, but also in the United States. Her work garnered praise from the poet \u003cstrong\u003eAndré Breton, who added the Mexican painter to the ranks of international surrealism\u003c\/strong\u003e and exhibited her work in Paris in 1939 to the admiration of Picasso, Kandinsky, and Duchamp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe access the intimacy of Frida’s affections and passions\u003c\/strong\u003e through a selection of drawings, pages from her personal diary, and an \u003cstrong\u003eextensive illustrated biography\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003efeaturing photos of Frida, Diego, and the Casa Azul\u003c\/strong\u003e, Frida’s home and the center of her universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book allows readers to \u003cstrong\u003eadmire Frida Kahlo\u003c\/strong\u003e’\u003cstrong\u003es paintings like never before\u003c\/strong\u003e, including \u003cstrong\u003eunprecedented detail shots\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003efamous photographs\u003c\/strong\u003e. It presents pieces in private collections and reproduces works that were \u003cstrong\u003epreviously lost or have not been exhibited for more than 80 years\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41027109126241,"sku":"9783836594851","price":29.31,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36189553_3aca0fba-7923-4d06-90c3-4b4fab745b1c.jpg?v=1758749005","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9783836594851-frida-kahlo-40th-edition","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}