6/30/2023 0 Comments Celia stahr frida in america![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With so much of her biography already common knowledge, I wondered what there was to learn from a new book, Frida in America: The Creative Awakening of a Great Artist by Celia Stahr, out last year. Many visitors, young and old, also know of her turbulent marriage with muralist Diego Rivera, her sartorial choices, and her beautiful blue home in Mexico City. During school tours, children as young as kindergarteners knew and shared the story of how Kahlo began painting while stuck in bed, recovering from a horrific bus accident that left her with lifelong health problems. FWMoA displayed photographs of Frida in a couple different exhibitions over the past few years (most recently in Seen & Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham). ![]() Parts of her biography are also incredibly well-known. Today, she’s a pop culture phenomenon, adorning memorabilia from t-shirts to jewelry to oven mitts I’m the owner of a Frida votive candle, tote bag, and Christmas ornament (they were gifts!). Photo courtesy of Alyssa Dumire.įrida Kahlo has one of the most recognizable faces in art history, captured in her own time by photographers (beginning with her father) and in her iconic self portraits. Alyssa Dumire’s Frida Kahlo collection, including the new book by Celia Stahr. ![]()
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