Many people know that Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist, a feminist icon who lived in the famous Blue House and whose work includesThe Two Fridas. What, perhaps, they dont know is that 55 of her 143 artworks are self-portraits; that her paintingRootsholds t
Many people know that Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist, a feminist icon who lived in the famous Blue House and whose work includesThe Two Fridas. What, perhaps, they dont know is that 55 of her 143 artworks are self-portraits; that her paintingRootsholds the record for a Latin American artwork, having sold for $5.6 million in 2006; that she married her husband twice; or that she arrived for her first solo exhibition in an ambulance. This book casts a modern eye over her life and work, with an array of irresistible facts and figures converted into infographics to reveal the artist behind the pictures.Contributor Bio(s)
| Sophie Collinshas worked in publishing for over thirty years. She has also lectured for over a decade on a range of subjects in art history at Sothebys Institute of Art, The Open University, the University of Kent, Birmingham University and Birkbeck College, London. |
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