Kahlo, Frida and Rivera, Diego.

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. From the Gelman Collection.

Bilingual Edition (Turkish / English). Istanbul, Pera Muzesi, 2010. 24cm x 27.5cm. 253 pages. Original softcover (Paperback). Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Includes for Example: Foreword by Robert R Littman. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in the German Collection. Heavenly and Earthly Love Stories the Mutual Portraits of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Diego Pondered the Art of Frieda Frieda wrote a Complete Portrait of Diego. Portrait of Diego by Frieda Kahlo. Frida Kahlo and Mexican Art. Frida and Diego, the Spirit of Collecting. The Portraits of Frida Kahlo.


Frida Kahlo de Rivera (July 6, 1907- July 13, 1954; born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón) was a Mexican painter, born in Coyoacán, who is best known for her self-portraits.

Kahlo’s life began and ended in Mexico City, in her home known as the Blue House. She gave her birth date as July 7, 1910, but her birth certificate shows July 6, 1907. Kahlo had allegedly wanted the year of her birth to coincide with the year of the beginning of the Mexican revolution so that her life would begin with the birth of modern Mexico. At the age of six, Frida contracted polio, which caused her right leg to be much thinner than the other. It was to remain that way permanently. Her work has been celebrated in Mexico as emblematic of national and indigenous tradition, and by feminists for its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form.
Mexican culture and Amerindian cultural tradition are important in her work, which has been sometimes characterized as Naïve art or folk art. Her work has also been described as “surrealist”, and in 1938 André Breton, principal initiator of the surrealist movement, described Kahlo’s art as a “ribbon around a bomb”.

Kahlo had a volatile marriage with the famous Mexican artist Diego Rivera. She suffered lifelong health problems, many of which derived from a traffic accident she experienced as a teenager. These issues are represented in her works, many of which are self-portraits of one sort or another. Kahlo suggested, “I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.” She also stated, “I was born a bitch. I was born a painter.” (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: American Art · Mexican · Mexican Art · surrealism · Surrealismus
• Language: English
• ISBN: 978-975-9123-81-9
• Inventory Number: 606BB

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