Frida Kahlo Knihy

Frida Kahlo mala život rovnako pestrý a drsný ako sú jej obrazy. Odráža sa v nich všetko – tragická nehoda v mladosti, ktorá z nej urobila celoživotného invalida, kubizmus maliarskych začiatkov i naivné umenie v kombinácí so surealizmom vyzretejšieho obdobia. Nezanedbateľný je aj vplyv jej manžela maliara Diega Riveru a génov, ktoré jej predala kreolská matka a otec – maďarský Nemec židovského pôvodu. Počas svojho života namaľovala Frida Kahlo približne 200 obrazov – najlepšie z nich predstavuje táto publikácia.

In die Porträts der Frida Kahlo sind sowohl ihr Leben als auch ihr Wirken selbst eingeflossen. Ihr malerischer und schriftlicher Nachlass stellen den mutigen Lebensdbericht einer Frau dar, die auch an der Seite des berühmten Diego Rivera fortwährend auf der Suche nach sich selbst war.

The intimate life of artist Frida Kahlo is wonderfully revealed in the illustrated journal she kept during her last 10 years. This passionate and at times surprising record contains the artist's thoughts, poems, and dreams; many reflecting her stormy relationship with her husband, artist Diego Rivera, along with 70 mesmerising watercolour illustrations. The text entries in brightly coloured inks make the journal as captivating to look at as it is to read. Her writing reveals the artist's political sensibilities, recollections of her childhood, and her enormous courage in the face of more than thirty-five operations to correct injuries she had sustained in an accident at the age of eighteen.

42 selected master works by legendary Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. A special bargain in first-class Schirmer/Mosel quality.

Prestel Mini showing Frida Kahlo's paintings in mini format.

A brief illustrated study of the life and career of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

This volume covers the major events of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's (1907-1954) tumultuous life and graphically displays some of her most well known works. Each section contains a biography, chronology and photos of that period of her life. The remainder of the book contains 42 plates of her masterpiece paintings reproduced in full color and detail. Sections of the paintings are enlarged to reveal the intricate detail, the brush strokes and even the texture of the canvas. A descriptive analysis of each painting is included to provide an insight into its meaning and her inspiration to create the piece.

At eighteen, a bus accident changed Frida Kahlo's life, leaving her with lifelong pain. However, her determination and hard work fostered her artistic talent. Her paintings and writings reflect the courageous life story of a woman who continually sought herself alongside the famous Diego Rivera.

In the fall of 1938 Frida Kahlo traveled to New York for her first solo exhibition. There she met photographer Nickolas Muray whom she had first met in Mexico, and they started a passionate affair. Muray, born in Hungary, was a successful New York fashion and commercial photographer known for his portraits of celebrities such as Fred Astaire, Marlene Dietrich, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Bernard Shaw, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Claude Monet. Having experimented with color from early on, Muray found his most colorful model in Frida Kahlo. Their liaison yielded a series of breathtaking, mostly color photographs, most of them never published. Our book for the first time presents a large selection of this series, with excerpts from the Kahlo/Muray correspondence and an essay by Salomon Grimberg.