Length1h 37m
About this audiobook
Behind Frida Kahlo's portraits, lies the story of both her life and work. It is precisely this combination that draws the reader in. Frida's work is a record of her life, and rarely can we learn so much about an artist from what she records inside the picture frame. Frida Kahlo truly is Mexico's gift to the history of art. She was just eighteen years old when a terrible bus accident changed her life forever, leaving her handicapped and burdened with constant physical pain. But her explosive character, raw determination and hard work helped to shape her artistic talent. And although he was an obsessive womanizer, the great painter Diego Rivera was by her side. She won him over with her charm, talent and intelligence, and Kahlo learnt to lean on the success of her companion in order to explore the world, thus creating her own legacy whilst finding herself surrounded by a close-knit group of friends. Her personal life was turbulent, as she frequently left her relationship with Diego to one side whilst she cultivated her own bisexual relationships. Despite this, Frida and Diego managed to save their frayed relationship. The story and the paintings that Frida left us display a courageous account of a woman constantly on a search of self discovery.
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Length1 hr 37 mins
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Publish dateJul 1, 2011
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1KahloKahlo
2Author: Gerry Souter
3Biography
4Museum opens in Casa Azul.
51926 Photograph of Guillermo Kahlo
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61926 Crayon on paper, 20 x 27 cm Coronel Collection, Cuernavaca, Morelos
7treasure. Denied singular recognition by her
8Her mother, the former Matilde Calderon, a
9and European
10Portrait of Miguel N. Lira
11School in San Ildefonso.
12Portrait of Alicia Galant
13Communist for the rest of her life. The
14political debate and danger, as volatile
151928 Oil on canvas, Bequest of Alejandro Gómez Arias, Mexico City
16Later, Venustiano Carranza assumed
17And yet, for all this progressive political
18friends rather than the formal studies.
19Portrait of Virginia
20Rivera work. From a very early age, Frida
211929 Oil on masonite, 86 x 68 cm Private collection, USA
22on the end next to the handrail.
23streetcar of the Xochimilco Line and the
24Nude of Frida Kahlo
25Portrait of Dr. Leo Eloesser
26This vital, vivacious young girl on the
27brink of any number of career possibilities
281931 Oil on metal plate, 30.3 x 38.2 cm Private collection
29Frida and Diego Rivera or Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
30Portrait of Eva Frederick
31and portraits of relatives and her friends who
32set aside her orthopedic corsets and escape
33Study of the Portrait of Luther Burbank
34Into this tequila-fueled debating society
35Henry Ford Hospital or The Flying Bed
36lamps in Avenida Madero.” “Diego once
37shot a gramophone at one of Tina’s parties.
38The Dream or Self Portrait Dreaming
39Diego Rivera, ever the swordsman, never
40In December 1930, Rivera received a
41Saint Nicholas
42the occasional question or critique. Diego
431932 Oil on metal, 30.5 x 35 cm Private collection, USA
44his casual acceptance of commissions from
451932 Oil on canvas, 73 x 62 cm Private collection
46caught in the middle of an ideological
47Frida and the Abortion or The Abortion
48in the United States as the Great Depression
49My Dress Hangs There or New York
50A Few Small Nips
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