Frida Kahlo: The Still Lifes
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Frida Kahlo: The Still Lifes Details
About the Author Salomon Grimberg is a psychoanalytic art historian who has written extensively on Frida Kahlo. His publications include Frida Kahlo: Das Gesamtwerk (1988) and I Will Never Forget You: Frida Kahlo to Nickolas Muray (2004). He practises child psychiatry in Dallas, Texas. Hayden Herrera is a renowned art historian and the acclaimed author of Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo (1983). " Read more
Reviews
I anxiously awaited for the publication of this book because it's focus is on the Still Life paintings. Up until now, not much has been said about the Still Lifes because in general, they are more difficult to read and interpret and quite often the real meaning was known only to Kahlo herself. I was curious about this book because it consists of 175 pages and I wasn't sure what could be said about the some 40 Still Lifes that would take that many pages.I consider a Still Life to be a painting or drawing of a bowl of fruit, vase of flowers, food, etc. For the purpose of this book, the author, Grimberg, expands the meaning of "Still Life" to include just about everything Kahlo did. Although the main focus is the traditional Still Life, some 30 of them pictured and discusses in this book, there are also Kahlo portraits, self-portraits and some of her other surreal works, drawings and sketches.The book begins with a VERY brief forward by the Kahlo "Guru", Hayden Herrera. The text in this book is not limited to just a discussion of Kahlo's Still Life paintings. It begins with a history of Still Life paintings dating back to the Middle ages. Throughout the book it also discusses and displays works by Kahlo's famous husband Diego Rivera. It also includes a lot of in-depth biographical material...some of which is related to the discussion of the paintings and information I have not read before.There are 45 full color images of Kahlo's works...30 of which are the traditional Still Lifes. The quality of these images is some of the best that I've ever seen. It also contains several black/white photos and a few in color...some of which I have not seen before.This book truly is the first book by anyone to give an in-depth discussion of Kahlo's Still Life paintings. That's what makes it different from all the other Kahlo books and what makes it worth adding to your collection of Kahlo books. You won't be disappointed by this one.