A detailed account of the often turbulent life and career of Mexico's most famous woman artist.

This book tells the life story of Frida Kahlo, whose paintings "Henry Ford Hospital," "My Birth," "The Two Fridas," and "Without Hope" have been praised internationally among art critics and patrons.

"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 Would Frida Do? explores the feminist icon's signature...

Examines the life of the twentieth-century Mexican painter known for her self-portraits and the loneliness and pain that were reflected in her work.

Frida Kahlo (1907-54) became one of the most popular woman artists in history less than 40 years following her death. This monograph of the extraordinary Mexican painter, whose work cuts across the definitions of Surrealist and Modern art, contains over 90 color plates, including her remarkable self-portraits, plus rare color and b&w photos of her life.

Explores the work and lives of these two Mexican artists and invites readers to learn about their art through 24 activities, such as painting a self-portrait Kahlo-style, creating a mural with a social message like Rivera, making a Day of the Dead ofrenda, and crafting an Olmec head carving.

"This picture book biography follows Frida Kahlo's start as an artist and how she integrated her unique way of looking at the world into her art"--

"When Mariana goes to Frida Kahlo's house to have her portrait painted by the famous Mexican artist, she is scared. She's a little bit afraid of the beautiful lady with her exotic pets and her "frog-toad" --and she's heard that Frida keeps a skeleton in her bedroom! But as Frida paints Mariana, their friendship blossoms. Frida tells Mariana about her life and the terrible accident that almost killed her, while Mariana discovers how love, creativity,...