Frida Kahlo: A Spiritual Biography

by Jack Rummel

Book Overview

A biography of the Mexican painter chronicles her tumultuous private life, her public passion for art, her struggle for recognition, and her marriage to Diego Rivera. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824523539
• ISBN13: 9780824523534
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Crossroad Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Suitably complex

Too many biographies fall at one of two extremes: either hagiography or pedestal-smashing. Jack Rummel's account of Frida Kahlo's life is instead a nuanced one, with an obstinate refusal to over-simplify. Rummel makes clear that Kahlo was neither saint nor passive victim, but instead a visionary artist compromised by an acute capacity for self-deception. The convoluted paths of Kahlo's life are brought into sharp focus by Rummel's concise but illuminating narrative. Whether treating of Kahlo's finances or the intricacies of her art, the author knows how to turn the basic facts into a convincing story. Only the most deranged and prejudiced reader could dismiss Rummel's book on the withered grounds that it doesn't conform to some political agenda. Instead, this thin volume is packed with the suitable complexity of an uncategorizable life.

Good Reading

As a fan of this great painter i already knew the major things about her life but this book goes deep into the mysterious world of Frida Kahlo. I find it expressing Frida as she would like to have been remembered this is a must read for the art lovers.