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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...
2) Viva Frida
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Via spare text, in both English and Spanish, this book examines Kahlo's creative process.
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"The riveting story of how three years spent in the United States transformed Frida Kahlo into the artist we know today Mexican artist Frida Kahlo adored adventure. In November, 1930, she was thrilled to realize her dream of traveling to the United States to live in San Francisco, Detroit, and New York. Still, leaving her family and her country for the first time was monumental. Only twenty-three and newly married to the already world-famous forty-three-year-old...
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This provocative reassessment of Frida Kahlo's art and legacy presents a feminist analysis of the myths surrounding her.
In the late 1970's, Frida Kahlo achieved cult heroine status. Her images were splashed across billboards, magazine ads, and postcards, fashion designers copied the so-called "Frida" look in hairstyles and dress, and "Fridamania" even extended to T-shirts, jewelry, and nail polish. Margaret A. Lindauer argues that this mass market...
6) Frida
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IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Discusses the childhood of Frida Kahlo and how it influenced her art.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 7
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Explores the work and lives of these two Mexican artists and invites readers to learn about their art through 24 activities, such as painting a self-portrait Kahlo-style, creating a mural with a social message like Rivera, making a Day of the Dead ofrenda, and crafting an Olmec head carving.
10) Frida Kahlo
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c1994
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IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 4
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An account of the Mexican-born painter's tumultuous career.
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[2013]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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"You can always recognize a painting by Kahlo because she is in nearly all--with her black braided hair and colorful Mexican outfits. A brave woman who was an invalid most of her life, she transformed herself into a living work of art. As famous for her self-portraits and haunting imagery as she was for her marriage to another famous artist, Diego Rivera, this strong and courageous painter was inspired by the ancient culture and history of her beloved...
12) Frida Kahlo
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IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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Discusses the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, including her childhood, her art, and her marriage to Diego Rivera.
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"Carlos Fuentes writes passionately and brilliantly about Frida Kahlo in the introduction of this book, which reproduces the pages and drawings of Kahlo's personal diary. Sarah M. Lowe, who wrote the commentaries and the essay, provides a more balanced view. Work is a curious gathering of thoughts and feelings, observations and annotations, and indeed makes the reader feel that he/she is entering forbidden and intimate territory. A deep realm, at...
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c2002
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IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Examines the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, discussing some of the many difficulties she endured throughout her life, including polio, a near-fatal bus accident, and her tempestuous marriage to fellow artist Diego Rivera.
15) Frida Kahlo
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c1993
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Celebrates the life and work of the Mexican painter.
17) Frida
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2003.
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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.
18) Frida Kahlo
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c2003
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IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Discusses the life, art, and legacy of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Includes a timeline, linking the events in her life with world events.
19) Frida Kahlo
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1992]
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Explores the events in Kahlo's life that led her to create in her unique style.
20) Frida Kahlo
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2016.
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IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Frida Kahlo's desire to study medicine was destroyed by a childhood accident. Frida began painting from her bedside and produced over 140 works, culminating in a solo exhibition in America. This inspiring and informative little biography comes with extra facts about Frida's life at the back.