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Frida Kahlo's (1907-1954) arresting pictures were in many ways expressions of trauma. This richly illustrated Basic Art book offers a both accessible and informed introduction to Kahlo's life and work, looking at the artist's dramatic, colourful canvases which combined religious Mexican tradition with Surrealist elements.
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English
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"You can always recognize a painting by Kahlo because she is in nearly all--with her black braided hair and colorful Mexican outfits. A brave woman who was an invalid most of her life, she transformed herself into a living work of art. As famous for her self-portraits and haunting imagery as she was for her marriage to another famous artist, Diego Rivera, this strong and courageous painter was inspired by the ancient culture and history of her beloved...
3) Frida Kahlo
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English
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Discusses the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, including her childhood, her art, and her marriage to Diego Rivera.
4) Frida
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Pub. Date
2002.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
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English
5) Viva Frida
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Pub. Date
2014.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Español
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Via spare text, examines Kahlo's creative process.
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English
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A novel from Angela Cervantes that uses the story of Frida Kahlo to help listeners discover the true power of heritage, art, and family.
A room locked for fifty years.
A valuable peacock ring.
A mysterious brother-sister duo.
Paloma Marquez is traveling to Mexico City, birthplace of her deceased father, for the very first time. She's hoping that spending time in Mexico will help her unlock memories of the too-brief time they...
A room locked for fifty years.
A valuable peacock ring.
A mysterious brother-sister duo.
Paloma Marquez is traveling to Mexico City, birthplace of her deceased father, for the very first time. She's hoping that spending time in Mexico will help her unlock memories of the too-brief time they...
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Español
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"Siempre se puede reconocer un cuadro de Kahlo porque ella está en casi todos, con su pelo negro trenzado y sus coloridos trajes mexicanos. Una mujer valiente que estuvo inválida la mayor parte de su vida, se transformó en una obra de arte viva. Tan famosa por sus autorretratos e imágenes inquietantes, así como por su matrimonio con otro famoso artista, Diego Rivera, esta pintora fuerte y valiente se inspiró en la antigua cultura e historia...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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English
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Children can meet famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and learn how she experimented with different ways of painting herself and channeled her experiences into her art, in this collaboration with The Met that will inspire readers to create their own masterpiece.
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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"Chronicles Frida's life -- from her childhood to her rise as one of the world's most influential painters -- capturing the beauty and strength of Frida's creative spirit, which carried her through tragedy and triumph, and the animals that inspired her along the way." -- Book jacket.
13) Frida
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English
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The life of artist Frida Kahlo, from her humble upbringing to her worldwide fame and controversy that surrounded both her and her husband, Diego Rivera.
Pub. Date
[2020]
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1 jigsaw puzzle (1,000 pieces) : cardboard, color ; in box 27 x 27 x 5 cm + 1 puzzle poster (1 page : color illustration ; 58 x 41 cm)
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English
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Piece together the world of the genius that is Frida Kahlo in this art history jigsaw puzzle that tells the story of her life, her art, and her career. Taking center stage is Frida herself surrounded by iconic elements of her life. Woven into the bustling Mexican scene are a huge cast of contemporary extras, from Kahlo's family and famous friends, as well as her various exotic pets. Those with a keen eye will also spot many references to her art and...
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Description
139 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm
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English
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A new survey of the masterworks of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, set against the backdrop of Mexican Modernism. Few artists have captured the public's imagination with the force of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Icons respectively of surrealism and the Mural Movement, their work reflected their immersion in indigenous Mexican culture while looking ahead to progressive ideals and wielding a defining influence on Mexican Modernism. Brought together for...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 cm
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English
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"Learn all about artists who changed history in this engaging and colorful board book perfect for creators-in-training! Painting, shaping, making art. With creative joy, hands, and heart."--Provided by publisher.
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English
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Born in 1907 of a Mexican mother and a German father, Frida Kahlo's relatively short life (she died in 1954) was punctuated by the Mexican Revolution, a bout with polio, and a terrible bus accident during her teenage years. Herrera's biography chronicles and critiques her artistic development and invites us into Kahlo's fascinating circle of acquaintances, including husband Diego Rivera, Andre Breton, and Pablo Picasso.
19) Frida Kahlo
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112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 37 cm
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English
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295 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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English
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This volume relates Mexican painter Frida Kahlo's (1919- 1954) images of pain, loss, mutilation and transcendence to Mexico's historic cycles of revolution and reaction. This work reproduces her personal journal that she kept during the last 10 years of her life -- handwritten, colored-ink entries and accompanying self-portraits, sketches, doodles and paintings, which fuse surrealism, pre-Columbian gods and myths, biomorphic forms, animal-human hybrids,...
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