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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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213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Español
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"B̀rbaras, brav̕simas, locas para algunos y, por lo mismo, n͠icas. Artistas, pintoras, escritoras y musas, sus vidas se forjaron con pasi̤n, sensibilidad, compromiso y dolor. Frida Kahlo y su cuerpo mutilado en el lienzo; Pita Amor, poeta irredenta; Nahui Olin y sus ojos de hechizo; Mar̕a Izquierdo, pintora que se gan̤ la admiraci̤n uǹnime; Elena Garro, pr̤cer de nuestra literatura; Rosario Castellanos, notable en cualquier ǧnero, y Nellie...
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208 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 28 cm
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English
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Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), as an artist and a woman, has a unique international appeal. Her instantly recognizable work draws extensively on her life and her extraordinarily personal reflections upon it. On Kahlo's death, her husband, Diego Rivera (1886-1957), ordered that her most private possessions be locked away until 15 years after his death. The bathroom in which her belongings were stored in fact remained unopened until 2004. Through this incredible...
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