The Biographics series presents an entirely new way of looking at the
lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50
defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits, and achievements of each
subject, and uses infographics to convey each of them in vivid
snapshots. Many people know that Frida Kahlo (1907 54) was a Mexican
artist, a feminist icon who lived in the famous Blue House and whose
work includes 'The Two Fridas'.
What, perhaps, they don't know
is that 55 of her 143 artworks are self-portraits; that her painting
'Roots' holds the record for a Latin American artwork, having sold for
$5.6 million in 2006; that her love letters sold for $137,000; that she
married her husband twice; or that she arrived for her first solo
exhibition in an ambulance. Biographic: Kahlo casts a modern eye over
her life and work, with an array of irresistible facts and figures
converted into infographics to reveal the artist behind the pictures.
AUTHOR: Author Sophie Collins has worked in publishing for over thirty
years, in roles ranging from author to publisher, and on projects
ranging from major exhibition catalogues to graphic novels.
She
spent 15 years as a publisher, commissioning an eclectic list of
illustrated non-fiction and writing a number of books alongside it.
Consultant Dr Diana Newall has lectured for 12 years on a range of
subjects in Art History at numerous establishments including Sotheby's
Institute of Art and Birkbeck College, London. SELLING POINTS: 50
defining facts about Frieda Kahlo conveyed through infographics
Entertaining and informative, celebrating and challenging the artist
Stylish gift for art and culture lovers 120 illustrations
Biographic: Kahlo - Sophie Collins
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£8.99