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Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"With her colorful style, dramatic self-portraits, hardscrabble backstory, and verve for life, Frida Kahlo remains a modern icon, captivating and inspiring artists, feminists, and art lovers more than sixty years after her death. Forever Frida celebrates all things Frida, so you can enjoy her art, her words, her style, and her badass attitude every day. Viva Frida!"--
Publisher
Hardie Grant Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"POCKET FRIDA KAHLO WISDOM is a celebration of some of her most influential quotes on art, love, Diego, life, society and more. Powerful, witty and inspirational with every turn of the page, the is is the perfect gift for loyal admirers and future fans." -- coverpage 4.
Author
Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A contemporary guide to life, love, and happiness inspired by the extraordinary artist Frida Kahlo. Revered as much for her fierce spirit as she is for her art, Frida Kahlo stands today as a brazen symbol of daring creativity. She was a woman ahead of her time whose paintings have earned her generations of admirers around the globe. But perhaps her greatest work of art was her own life. What Would Frida Do? explores the feminist icon's signature...
6) Escrituras
Author
Publisher
Plaza y Janés
Pub. Date
2004
Language
Español
Description
Collects letters, telegrams, and other occasional writings by the celebrated Mexican painter, and offers Spanish translations of the ones originally written in English.
7) Frida
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Identifies the tragedies and suffering that Frida Kahlo overcame throughout her life by using her skill as an artist to express her pain and depression--and eventually, her joys and triumphs.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This book explores the influence of Mexican culture and tradition, La Casa Azul and other places Frida Kahlo called home, on her life and work. La Casa Azul, now one of the most visited museums in Mexico City, was the artist's birthplace and the home where she grew up, lived with her husband Diego Rivera for a number of years, and also where she died. She spent long periods of time in the house convalescing, first in 1918 when she contracted polio...
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This intimate account offers a new, unexpected understanding of the artist's work and of the vibrant Surrealist art scene in the 1930s. In 1939, devastated after the revelation that her husband had had an affair with her sister, Frida Kahlo left her home in Mexico and headed for Paris to rebuild her life and rediscover her art. Now, for the first time, this missing part of Kahlo's story is brought to light in exquisite detail. Marc Petitjean takes...
10) Frida Kahlo
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of Quarto group
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Frida Kahlo was a teenager, a terrible road accident changed her life forever. Unable to walk, she began painting from her bed. Her self-portraits, which show her pain and grief but also her passion for life and instinct for survival, have made her one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century. This story of her life features a facts and photos section at the back.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"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...
12) Frida
Publisher
Burbank, Calif
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stock
Pub. Date
janvier 2021.
Language
Français
Description
"Frida parle haut et fort, avec son corps fracassé par un accident de bus et ses manières excessives d'inviter la muerte et la vida dans chacun de ses gestes. Elle jure comme un charretier, boit des trempées de tequila. Elle aime participerà des manifestations politiques, se mettre des fleurs dans les cheveux, parler de sexe crûment et se rendre dans des fêtes à réveiller les squelettes. Et elle peint. Par-dessus tout, Frida aime Diego, le...
Series
Publisher
Button Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
You may already know that Frida Kahlo was an artist, but did you know she lived in a bright blue house? Or that she owned two pet spider monkeys? This graphic retelling of Frida's story gives children a colourful snapshot of her life and the world she grew up in, while educating them on everything from the Mexican revolution to the importance of self-belief.
15) Viva Frida
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Explores the passionate, imaginative life of the incomparable Frida Kahlo.".
16) Frida Kahlo
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Frida Kahlo in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other informative backmatter.
Author
Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This brilliant graphic novel artfully depicts the life and passions of Frida Kahlo, one of the 20th century s most enigmatic artists. The perfect subject for a graphic novel, Frida Kahlo s brief life was dramatic and romantic, tragic and painful. In this illustrated "biography", Vanna Vinci captures the spirit of Kahlo s world in boldly colored, minutely detailed illustrations. Blending facts and history with dreamlike and surreal sequences, Vinci...
18) Frida Kahlo
Author
Series
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter and today is one of the world's favourite artists. As a child, she was badly affected by polio, and later suffered a terrible accident that left her disabled and in pain. Shortly after this accident, Kahlo took up painting, and through her surreal, symbolic self portraits described the pain she suffered, as well as the treatment of women, and her sadness at not being able to have a child. This book tells the story...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicano
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"México, 1925. El gran deseo de Frida es ser médico, pero un terrible accidente le impide vivir su sueño. El azar la une a Diego, una de las grandes figuras en el mundo de la pintura. Frida y Diego se enamoran al instante y él la convence para que se convierta en artista. Frida sigue sus propias ideas, intuiciones y sueños, y consigue triunfar con un estilo único, con una fuerza nunca vista. Pero el dolor del amor fallido es insoportable y ella,...
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