Intimate Frida: Frida Kahlo, 1907-1954

by Isolda P. Kahlo

This book is the memoir of Mrs. Isolda Pinedo Kahlo, only surviving relative of Frida Kahlo. This memoir portrays the intimate life of the painter from the point of view of Isolda, who shared her domestic space. The memoir also includes photographs and letters never pubbilshed before.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Amondi Rabar-Aquino · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the fact that this book gives a portrait of Frida as seen through a child's eyes growing up in her house.
A brilliant read for all those "Fridos" out there and anyone who enjoys biographies.

Highly recommend it.

[Karah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Isolda Pinedo Kahlo, the daughter of Frida's sister Cristina, had determined to clear any misconceptions about her mother and aunt. She doesn't deny the possibility of her mother's affair with Diego but she claims she was unaware of it during her childhood. (Cristina Kahlo is painted as compassionate, affectionate, and unswervingly loyal.) She also enlists Rina Lazo and Arturo Garcia Bustos to disavow Frida's alleged bisexuality. All three were adamant that Frida loved men and unscrupulous associates of Frida made that claim. She does cast more of a darker shadow on Diego Rivera. In the book, she alleges that he swindled Cristina Kahlo out of the inheritance Frida had left for her. It is utterly unfathomable why he would commit such a deed in Isolda's mind.

I am keeping this one.