弗里达•卡洛是一位墨西哥画家,如今是世界上****的艺术家之一。小时候,她患上了严重的小儿麻痹症,后来,一场可怕的事故把她变成了残疾人,令她痛苦不堪。这次事故发生后不久,卡洛就开始绘画,并通过她的超现实、象征性的自画像描述了她所遭受的痛苦,以及妇女的待遇,还有她对不能生育的悲伤情绪。本书通过弗里达•卡洛自己的艺术作品讲述了她的生平,并展示了她是如何创作出一些世界上最**的画作的。在这本再现她作品的书中,了解她艰难的童年,她与同为画家的迭戈•里维拉的恋情,以及她的超现实作品对艺术史的持久影响。
Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter and today is one of the world's favourite artists. As a child, she was badly affected by polio, and later suffered a terrible accident that left her disabled and in pain. Shortly after this accident, Kahlo took up painting, and through her surreal, symbolic self portraits described the pain she suffered, as well as the treatment of women, and her sadness at not being able to have a child. This book tells the story of Frida Kahlo's life through her own artworks, and shows how she came to create some of the most famous paintings in the world. Learn about her difficult childhood, her love affair with fellow painter Diego Rivera, and the lasting impact her surreal work had on the history of art in this book that brings her life to work.


