Summary: Frida Kahlo was more than a great painter; her life and art reflected the maelstrom of the revolution and culture that defined the first half of the twentieth century. This film combines Kahlo's artwork with photos, archival films and interviews.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LIFMorales, Yuyi.
Summary: Bilingual text, accompanied by colorful photographs, explores the famous artist's life, and illuminates the laughter, love, and tragedy that influenced her work.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2014
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Summary: "Discover how Mexican painter Frida Kahlo becomes one of the greatest artistic voices in the world as she travels from Mexico to New York City for her first-ever solo exhibition, setting the art world aflame"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The life of artist Frida Kahlo, from her humble upbringing to her worldwide fame and controversy that surrounded both her and her husband, Diego Rivera.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FRIBrown, Monica
Summary: "Chronicles Frida's life -- from her childhood to her rise as one of the world's most influential painters -- capturing the beauty and strength of Frida's creative spirit, which carried her through tragedy and triumph, and the animals that inspired her along the way." -- Book jacket.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth Books, Inc. 2017
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Summary: "Discover how Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo, who was severely injured in a bus accident at age 18, taught herself to paint and became known for her striking self-portraits"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRIMeltzer, Brad
Summary: Tells the story of Frida Kahlo, the renowned Mexican painter and activist. After surviving a bus crash, she made her mark in art history for her unique way of looking at the world and integrating her own image and life into her paintings. -- adapted from Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "Frida Kahlo fue algo más que dolor y angustia. Quiso ser fiel a su arrolladora personalidad y se convirtió en una artista llena de vida. Su pintura es sangre y sufrimiento, pero también fiesta, color. Fue una luchadora que decidió ponerse el mundo por montera, una mujer apasionada que no se conformó con estar a la sombra de su gran amor, el pintor Diego Rivera, y peleó por alcanzar cada uno de...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lumen 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH HESKahlo, Frida.
Summary: "Carlos Fuentes writes passionately and brilliantly about Frida Kahlo in the introduction of this book, which reproduces the pages and drawings of Kahlo's personal diary. Sarah M. Lowe, who wrote the commentaries and the essay, provides a more balanced view. Work is a curious gathering of thoughts and feelings, observations and annotations, and indeed makes the reader feel that he/she is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KAHLO, FRIDA KAHLevine, Barbara
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.972 LEVGuzmán, Lila
Summary: Examines the life and career of this talented Latino woman.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow 2006
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB KAHLO GuzHaghenbeck, F. G. (Francisco Gerardo)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Paperback 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAGDavis, Arianna
Summary: "A contemporary guide to life, love, and happiness inspired by the extraordinary artist Frida Kahlo. Revered as much for her fierce spirit as she is for her art, Frida Kahlo stands today as a brazen symbol of daring creativity. She was a woman ahead of her time whose paintings have earned her generations of admirers around the globe. But perhaps her greatest work of art was her own life. What...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KAHLO, FRIDA DAVReef, Catherine
Summary: A biography exploring the tumultuous lives, marriage, and work of the artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera is illustrated with archival photos and full-color reproductions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 REEPetitjean, Marc
Summary: "This intimate account offers a new, unexpected understanding of the artist's work and of the vibrant Surrealist art scene in the 1930s. In 1939, devastated after the revelation that her husband had had an affair with her sister, Frida Kahlo left her homein Mexico and headed for Paris to rebuild her life and rediscover her art. Now, for the first time, this missing part of Kahlo's story is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KAHLO, FRIDA PETGuzman, Lila
Summary: Describes the life and accomplishments of the painter who used his murals to teach about Mexico's history and heroes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow 2006
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB RIVERA GUZMilner, Frank.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PRC Pub. 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.972 MILHerrera, Hayden.
Summary: An in-depth biography of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo details her haunting and original painting style, her turbulent marriage to muralist Diego Rivera, her association with communism, and her love of Mexican culture and folklore.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KAHLO, FRIDA HERFrith, Margaret.
Summary: Biography of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, written as a child's school report.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine FrithMarnham, Patrick.
Summary: Chronicles the life of Mexican artist Diego Rivera and discusses the artists who influenced him, his involvement in Communism, his family life, and other related topics.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RIVERA, DIEGO MARVenezia, Mike
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine Artist KahloMujica, Barbara Louise.
Summary: Presents a fictionalized account of the tumultuous marriage between artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera as seen through the eyes of Frida's sister, Cristina.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MUJNickel, Sandra
Summary: "A picture book biography of Ignacio (Nacho) Anaya, a waiter at the Victory Club in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, and the events surrounding the creation, in 1940, of the globally-popular tortilla chip, cheese, and jalapeño pepper snack that bears his name-nachos"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books 2020