Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

by Alcantara, Isabel; Egnolff, Sandra

• ISBN13: 9783791325590
• ISBN10: 3791325590
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Prestel Pub

Summary

Frida Kahlo's stormy relationship with fellow artist Diego Rivera and how it affected her works is the subject of this fascinating study. Generously illustrated with works by both artists as well as contemporary photographs, this volume sheds new light on the life and imagery of one of the twentieth century's greatest women artists.

Present-day perceptions of Mexican art are dominated by Frida Kahlo, whose powerful self-portraits and portrayals of emotional trauma have gained enormous popularity. Her relationship with the painter Diego Rivera is mirrored in many of her stunning paintings, which combine motifs of folk art with a deeply personal symbolism.

Table of Contents

Childhood years in the Blue House	7	(4)
Frida-a rebel from the start	11	(5)
First brush with death	16	(4)
Diego Rivera	20	(8)
The dove and the elephant	28	(7)
Gringolandia--the years in America	35	(11)
The dark side of the relationship	46	(6)
The affair with Leon Trotsky	52	(3)
Kahlo's first New York exhibition	55	(7)
Kahlo and Surrealism	62	(4)
Divorce and remarriage	66	(9)
`Los Fridos' and `Los Dieguitos'	75	(3)
From wife to mother--from husband to child	78	(17)
Kahlo in terminal decline	95	(10)
Viva la vida--Kahlo's death	105	(9)
Diego without Frida	114	(4)
Endnotes	118