Kahlo, 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 KAHSummary: Frida Kahlo was more than a great painter: her life and art reflected the maelstrom of revolution and culture that defined the first half of the twentieth century in her native Mexico and around the world. She was at times a socialist, a communist, and a revolutionary. This program presents her life as a reflection of her cultural history, her art, and the times in which she lived. The film...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: A unique, powerful, first-rate painter overshadowed by her lionized painter-husband, a bisexual woman torn apart by her obsessive love for her faithless husband, Frida Kahlo lived a life of physical and spiritual torment. This program provides personal insights into her work and her torment; it offers a portrait of the woman and the roots of her work in the meaning of her gender.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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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 LIFHerrera, 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