Frida Kahlo: The Painter and Her Work

by Helga Prignitz-Poda

This definitive appreciation of Kahlo’s career features gorgeous full-page reproductions and insightful commentary to illuminate connections between the artist’s life and work.

Few painters have been as celebrated and adopted into popular culture as Frida Kahlo—often to the detriment of her amazing achievements as a painter.
 
In this striking volume, one of the world’s foremost scholars on Kahlo’s art looks past the hype to focus on the artist’s technique and motifs. Reproductions of Kahlo's paintings, along with selected details, are accompanied by illuminating observations about the role of physical and mental suffering in the creative process, Kahlo’s mastery and reinvention of European traditions, and the wealth of coded and metaphorical elements hidden in so much of her work.
 
A rich and rewarding exploration of an artist all too easily reduced to a single narrative, this nuanced study is also an exquisitely produced celebration of Kahlo’s genius.
 

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Biography

264 pages, Hardcover

First published August 31, 2003

Reviews

[Zainab Moazzam · Rating 3 out of 5]

The peculiarities of aesthetic thinking!

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've seen some of her work in the past, this is a broad selection of her works combined with a biography. She had a tough life, with a childhood accident that led to an early death. Much of her work is dark and terrifying with bits that reminds me of Hieronymus Bosch. She showcased traditional Mexican culture as opposed to the European norms. The self portraits often have a sexual ambiguity about them and she is considered an early feminist and LGBT artist.

An interesting read combined with a large sized, full color reproductions of Kahlo's art.

[Tamia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful representation of her works. Slightly biased but may be to lack of consistent information from Frida.

[翰林院编修 · Rating 4 out of 5]

无。 Frida Kahlo
9.1 (15人评价) Helga Prignitz-Poda / Schirmer/Mosel / 2004

[Nday Nday · Rating 4 out of 5]

I took 44 days for me to finally finish this 4th book about Frida Kahlo I have ever read. It's very reach with responsible observations and very cleaver that sometimes I need to pause and think and put it down for days to be fully understand lol.. But so far it's the most detail account of Frida paintings in the book about Frida Kahlo I have. Still, this book isn't providing complete analysis on all Frida's paintings. The writers only observe some of her remarkable creations, not all, which make this book look like unfinished book. This can be good book to get for all those Frida admirer out there.

[Karen Armbruster · Rating 5 out of 5]

Frida was such a passionate and wonderfully artist.

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

The unibrow… What more do you need to know?