Frida Kahlo at Home

by Suzanne Barbezat

Overview

Frida Kahlo at Home explores the influence of Mexican culture and tradition, the Blue House and other places Frida travelled to and called home, on her life and work.

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 people and places shaped this much-loved artist and how the homes and landscapes of her life relate to her work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780711237322
Publisher:	Frances Lincoln
Publication date:	10/27/2016
Pages:	178
Sales rank:	490,598
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Suzanne Barbezat is a travel writer based in Oaxaca, Mexico. She has worked as a teacher, tour guide, and writer and holds a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from McGill University, Montreal.

Editorial Reviews

"Kahlo's family home is now a museum of her work and life. If you can't make the journey, this will give you some insights into the woman as well as the artist."—i (The Independent)

From the Publisher

02/01/2017
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907–54) has been the subject of authoritative critical biographies (Hayden Herrera's Frida), collections of her work (Frida Kahlo: The Paintings, ed. by Herrara), more specialized approaches (Arturo Chapa et al.'s Frida Kahlo's Blue House; Adriana Zavala et al.'s Frida Kahlo's Garden; Guadalupe Rivera & Marie-Pierre Colle's Frida's Fiestas: Recipes and Reminiscences of Life with Frida Kahlo), a film documentary, and a biopic. In this beautiful new book, which includes dozens of color prints (many full-page and some double-page spreads), Mexican travel writer Barbezat explores "the influence of Mexican culture and tradition, the Blue House, and other places Frida travelled to and called home, on her life and work." VERDICT The many people who are already fascinated with Kahlo will glean further understanding of her art and experience from this fresh study, while general readers will gain a deeper appreciation of the artist.—Marcia G. Welsh, Dartmouth Coll. Lib., Hanover, NH

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