| ||||||||||||
 Trade In this Item for up to £0.25
Get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade in Frida: The Biography of Frida Kahlo for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £0.25, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Time Magazine
"A mesmerising story of radical art, romantic politics, bizarre loves and physical suffering"
Independent
"Hayden Herrera has succeeded admirably in cutting though the myths to offer a plausible likeness of this wretched glorious woman."
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
46 of 46 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is truly written from the heart. Hayden gives a detailed account of Frida's life with the passion and close examination it deserves. It includes good examinations of her works with excellent reproductions, but most importantly this book includes fabulous anecdotal detail.
When reading this biography, you feel swept along with the events recalled. It combines copies of her correspondence with friends and references to her diary, allowing the reader to get a first hand picture of Frida's personality. Do not be put off by the length, it is very readable and does not get caught up in obscure detail. The most defining aspect is that its focus is on Frida Kahlo in her own rite. This is one of the few books that does not write about her in the shadow of Diego Rivera. It is a great place to start for anyone interested in Frida, and a must-read for any fan of her work.
When reading this biography, you feel swept along with the events recalled. It combines copies of her correspondence with friends and references to her diary, allowing the reader to get a first hand picture of Frida's personality. Do not be put off by the length, it is very readable and does not get caught up in obscure detail. The most defining aspect is that its focus is on Frida Kahlo in her own rite. This is one of the few books that does not write about her in the shadow of Diego Rivera. It is a great place to start for anyone interested in Frida, and a must-read for any fan of her work.
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This biography on the life of the great Mexican female artist Frida Kahlo is good. I appreciate a good painting but Herrera like a good writer so vividly brings the life of Ms Kahlo across to the reader so much so that after reading it I was struck by the beauty of the violent images in her paintings.
Frida Kahlo is Mexico! Her life is so remarkable and you are so intrigued by her in this book her turbulent life, the horrific teenage accident that was the catalyst for her becoming a painter, her stormy and passionate marriage to Diego Rivera, the inspirations for her paintings, her battle with health and her affairs with both men and women combine beautifully to create a biography that is so memorable. Out of all the biographies I've read on female celebrities this has to be one of my favourite ones of all time.Haydon Herrera had me mesmerised from the moment I turned the first page of this biography.Frida Kahlo too is one of my favourite artists now if I had a list of famous people I would invite to a dinner party I hosted Frida Kahlo would be a welcome guest at my table.
Frida Kahlo is Mexico! Her life is so remarkable and you are so intrigued by her in this book her turbulent life, the horrific teenage accident that was the catalyst for her becoming a painter, her stormy and passionate marriage to Diego Rivera, the inspirations for her paintings, her battle with health and her affairs with both men and women combine beautifully to create a biography that is so memorable. Out of all the biographies I've read on female celebrities this has to be one of my favourite ones of all time.Haydon Herrera had me mesmerised from the moment I turned the first page of this biography.Frida Kahlo too is one of my favourite artists now if I had a list of famous people I would invite to a dinner party I hosted Frida Kahlo would be a welcome guest at my table.
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It must be difficult to write a biography of a myth, and that's what Frida Kahlo is, a larger-than-life figure who really was a legend in her own lifetime. It's all here-her childhood, her school life and friendships, the terrible accident, her politics, her complex relationship with Diego Rivera,her relationships with other men and with women and, yes, the paintings. Some of which are reproduced here in colour.The author is clearly an admirer of Kahlo but never falls into the hagiographic trap. An intelligently-written and passionately-felt biography. If you know Kahlo's paintings, this book will enhance your appreciation of them. If you don't know them, your curiosity will be aroused.
I love this book. And am going to recommend it to various friends.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Was this review helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A First-Rate Biography
A wonderful biography of one of the 20th century's leading women artists, admired by many of her distinguished contemporaries (including Picasso, Andre Breton and Trotsky). Read more
Published 3 months ago by Kate Hopkins
A good and deep analysis of Frida Kahlos life
This book is a very good purchase if you are interested in knowing the artist's life in details. It presents to the reader a deep analysis of Fridas personality, feelings and her... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Paula FC
An extraordinary artist
I am not an officianado - either in Art or Artistis - but I love Frida Kahlo's work which I first saw at the Tate Modern some years ago. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Carole Allen
The definitive Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Y Calderón
The are many good books on the market that show some of Frida's best work and many that have a good overview of her life as the daughter of Wilhelm Kahlo and the "on and off wife"... Read more
Published on 28 May 2010 by bernie
Frida: The Biography of Frida Kahlo
`Frida: The Biography of Frida Kahlo' is the book the excellent film was based upon and if you have seen the film and enjoyed it, you can see where the poetry and detail comes from... Read more
Published on 26 April 2010 by Spider Monkey
Frida Kahlo - an engaging study of Mexico's premier artist.
Hayden Herrera 's biography on Frida Kahlo is excellent. The author provides a perfect insight into the world of Frida Kahlo. Read more
Published on 5 Jun 2003 by F. V. L. Buliciri
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
