Frida Kahlo at home
By: Suzanne Barbezat
Edition: First Frances Lincoln edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780711237322
Subjects: Painters; Biography
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 and again, at the age of 18, after the trolley accident which left her badly injured. Confined to her bed and in constant pain and discomfort, she began to paint as a way to occupy her time. After marrying Rivera, Frida moved out of the Blue House, living in Mexico and abroad, moving for a brief time to the United States, until eventually returning to her childhood home. Fully illustrated, the book features Frida's paintings together with archive images and family photographs, objects and artefacts she collected, and photographs of the surrounding landscape to provide an insight into how these places shaped this much-loved artist and how the homes and landscapes of her life relate to her work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins & childhood in Coyoacán; title: School days in Mexico City; title: An unlikely match; title: Mexicans in Gringolandia; title: Separate but connected in San Ángel; title: Claimed by the Surrealists; title: Return to the Blue House; title: At home in the Blue House; title: Legacy.