Frida Kahlo: An Illustrated Biography

135 Pages·2016·11.66 MB·English

by  Zena Alkayat

First published in the United States in 2016 by
Chronicle Books LLC.
First published in the United Kingdom in 2016 by
Frances Lincoln Ltd.
Text copyright © 2016 by Zena Alkayat.
Illustrations copyright © 2016 by Nina Cosford.
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permission from the publisher.
ISBN: 978-1-4521-5054-3 (epub2)
ISBN: 978-1-4521-6210-2 (epub3)
ISBN: 978-1-4521-6211-9 (mobi)
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F R I D A K A H L O
An Illustrated Biography
by Zena Alkayat and Nina Cosford

““I paint myself because i am so often
alone, because i am the subject i know best.''
Frida Kahlo
M A G D A L E N A C A R M E N F R I E D A K A H L O
Y C A L D E R O N W A S B O R N O N J U LY 6 ,
1 9 0 7, I N TH E H O U S E H E R F A TH E R H A D
B U I LT I N TH E B A R R I O O F C O YO A C A N
I N M E X I C O.

W I L H E L M K A H L O W A S A H U N G A R I A N-
G E R M A N W H O E M I G R A T E D TO M E X I C O
A G E D N I N E T E E N A N D C H A N G E D H IS
N A M E TO G U I L L E R M O. H E M A R R I E D
M E X I C A N M A R I A C A R D E N A I N 1 8 9 4,
B UT S H E D I E D, L E A V I N G B E H I N D TW O
D A U GH T E R S. TH E YO U N G GI R L S
W E R E P L A C E D I N A C O N V E N T. SO O N
A FT E R , G U I L L E R M O F E L L I N L O V E
W I TH F R I D A 'S M O TH E R ,
M A TI L D E C A L D E R O N.