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Frida Kahlo : an illustrated life / María Hesse ; translated by Achy Obejas.

Hesse, María, (author.). Obejas, Achy, 1956- (translator.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781477317280
  • ISBN: 1477317287
  • Physical Description: 149 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First University of Texas Press edition.
  • Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published in Spanish as "Frida Kahlo: una biografía" by Penguin Random House Grupe Editorial in 2016.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Frida Kahlo -- She plays alone -- Adolescence and first accident -- Pain and paintbrushes -- The elephant and the dove -- Gringolandia -- My second accident -- Leon Trotsky -- Surrealism -- Remember me -- The wounded deer -- The dream -- Interpretation of her work: a chronology -- Reinterpreting her work.
Language Note:
Translated from the Spanish.
Subject: Kahlo, Frida.
Women painters > Mexico > Biography.
Painters > Mexico > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at GRPL.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Main 759.972 K121 H46 (Text) 31307023799812 Non Fiction Available -
Westside 759.972 K121 H46 (Text) 31307023799804 Non Fiction Available -

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Frida Kahlo : An Illustrated Life
Frida Kahlo : An Illustrated Life
by Hesse, María; Obejas, Achy (Translator)
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Frida Kahlo : An Illustrated Life


One of the most important artists of the twentieth century and an icon of courageous womanhood, Frida Kahlo lives on in the public imagination, where her popularity shows no signs of waning. She is renowned for both her paintings and her personal story, which were equally filled with pain and anguish, celebration and life. Thousands of words, including her own, have been written about Kahlo, but only one previous biography has recorded her fascinating, difficult life. Frida Kahlo by María Hesse offers a highly unique way of getting to know the artist by presenting her life in graphic novel form, with striking illustrations that reimagine many of Kahlo's famous paintings. Originally published in Spanish in 2016, Frida Kahlo has already found an enthusiastic audience in the Spanish-speaking world, with some 20,000 copies sold in just a few months. This translation introduces English-language readers to Kahlo's life, from her childhood and the traumatic accident that would change her life and her artwork, to her complicated love for Diego Rivera and the fierce determination that drove her to become a major artist in her own right. María Hesse tells the story in a first-person narrative, which captures both the depths of Frida's suffering and her passion for art and life.

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