Here is the tumultuous life of an extraordinary twentieth-century woman - with illustrations as rich and haunting as her legend. Hayden Herrera, Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo (New York: Harper Perennial, 2002). Hailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo reveals a woman of extreme magnetism and originality, an artist whose sensual vibrancy came straight from her own experiences: her childhood near Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution a devastating accident at age eighteen that left her crippled and unable to bear children her tempestuous marriage to muralist Diego Rivera and intermittent love affairs with men as diverse as Isamu Noguchi and Leon Trotsky her association with the Communist Party her absorption in Mexican folklore and culture and her dramatic love of spectacle. Through this long overdue biography, Kahlo has also, finally, been made fully human." - San Francisco Chronicle Hayden Herrera Publication date 1991 Topics Kahlo, Frida - Self-portraits., Kahlo, Frida - Criticism and interpretation. "Through her art, Herrera writes, Kahlo made of herself both performer and icon. Her book Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo was turned into a movie in 2002 and Herreras biography Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work.
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