Taschens Frida Kahlo: The Complete Paintings.
(Photo: courtesy pf TASHCEN)
Frida Kahlo is arguably the most well-known female artist of all time.
Under the famous eyebrows and feminist reputation, she was also a political radical and a genre-straddling artist.
Taschen’s “Frida Kahlo: The Complete Paintings.”(Photo: courtesy pf TASHCEN)
A new tome from TASCHEN entitledFrida Kahlo.
Part fine art book and part biography,The Complete Paintingsis a must have for any Kahlo fan.
Art historians Marina Vazquez Ramos and Andrea Kettenmann also contributed to the volume.
A spread from the volume. (Photo: courtesy of TASHCEN)
The Complete Paintingspresents a chance for readers to explore thelegendary artist’s lifeand extensive catalogue of work.
How did Frida Kahlo eventually overshadow her husband’s legacy?
Why is Kahlo an icon for artists, feminists, and the LGBTQ+ community?
“The Two Fridas,” 1939, oil on canvas, 173.5 x 173 cm (68. x 681⁄8 in.),Mexico City, Ministry of Culture, Instituto Nacional de BellasArtes y Literatura, Museo de Arte Moderno.(Photo: LML Archive; Copyright: © Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021; reproduction authorized by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, 2021)
Only her life’s work can answer these questions.
Explore it for yourself with TASCHEN’sFrida Kahlo.
The Complete Paintings, availableonlinefor $200.
“Self-portrait (for Samuel Fastlicht),” 1948, oil on masonite, 50 x 39.5 cm (19. x 15. in.), Mexico City, private collection.(Photo: akg-images; Copyright: © Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021; reproduction authorized)
TASCHEN’sFrida Kahlo.
The Complete Paintingspresents the entire catalogue of the artist’s paintings.
A spread from the volume.
“Self-portrait (Time Flies),” c. 1929,oil on masonite, 77.5 x 61 cm (30. x 24 in.),California, private collection.(Photo: LML Archive; Copyright: © Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021; reproduction authorized by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, 2021)
The Two Fridas, 1939, oil on canvas, 173.5 x 173 cm (68. x 6818 in.
), Mexico City, private collection.
),California, private collection.
“The Dream (The Bed),” 1940, oil on canvas, 74.3 x 97.2 cm (29. x 38. in.), New York, private collection.(Photo: Jorge Contreras Chacel / Bridgeman Images; Copyright: © Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021; reproduction authorized by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, 2021)
), New York, private collection.
), Mexico City, Xochimilco, Museo Dolores Olmedo.
“Henry Ford Hospital,” July 1932,oil on metal, 30.5 x 38 cm (12 x 15 in.), Mexico City, Xochimilco, Museo Dolores Olmedo.(Photo: akg-images ; Copyright: © Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021; reproduction authorized by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, 2021)
