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Frida Kahlo: A Spiritual Biography

Received 4 out of 5 stars

Review:

The biography about well-known Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo, was very interesting. It took the previous stories that we learned about Frida as adolescents in school and transformed it into wells of information about her misfortunates and triumphs. It was interesting that in life she was a struggling artist, but in death, one of her self-portraits sold for $1.43 million dollars. This being the first time that a painting by an artist from that region had reached the million-dollar sales mark, as quoted by Jack Rummel, author of the book. The fact of her being a bigger artist in death in comparison to life immediately linked her with Edgar Allan Poe and Zora Neale Hurston. Both individuals were writers who reached ultimate fame after their death. Sounds similar to tragic abundance, but definitely something that happens to artist, writers, and others who pursue fame or fortune.

Something else very interesting about this book was the relationship between Frida and Diego. It seemed to be of a mother-child sort where she would run him baths, get him his favorite toys, and just take care of him. This seemed to work for both of them; Frida needed to take care of someone and Diego needed to be taken care of. Frida definitely had the ability to invoke courage and self-esteem among women, but her action of doing this often fell short, due to her living in the role in which her significant other wanted her to live.