Frida Kahlo: The Brush of Anguish

Mexican author Martha Zamora captures the essence of one of Mexico's most prolific and talented painters in a single comprehensive volume. Seventy-five of Frida Kahlo's paintings, reproduced here in lavish color, accompany numerous historical photographs and the author's descriptive text, chronicling the significant episodes in Kahlo's life, from childhood to her untimely death: the consequences and aftermath of a tragic bus accident in her adolescence; her tempestuous marriage to the great Mexican muralist Diego Rivera; her travels to the United States and abroad; her political convictions and her relationships with the great leaders and artistic personalities of her time. Kahlo's flamboyant and highly individual personal style, so eloquently reflected in her many self-portraits, has gained her an enthusiastic following worldwide. For Kahlo's many admirers, as well as for those new to her work this authoritative and richly illustrated volume will be both an excellent reference and a compelling look at her passionate and often disturbing art.

Martha Zamora writes and lectures extensively on the life of Frida Kahlo, and wrote the best-selling Frida Kahlo: The Brush of Anguish. She lives in Mexico City.

Marilyn Sode Smith is an authority on the San Francisco murals of Diego Rivera and is currently writing a guidebook about them. Now a resident of Palo Alto, she lived for many years in Mexico, South America, and Europe.