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Frida & Diego: Art, Love, Life
CCBC Review:
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera were both brilliant artists. Frida’s art revealed a complex and richly imagined inner world. Diego’s art was about the world around him, whether he was depicting the lives and dignity of peasants in Mexico or the strength and ingenuity of workers in America. An insightful work examines the separate and intricately twined lives of these two individuals whose paths first converged when Frida was still a teenager. When she was in her twenties, they met again, falling in love and getting married. Their relationship was one full of pain as well as love. Diego was unfaithful to Frida; Frida was unfaithful to Diego. They eventually divorced. Later they remarried. Through it all they continued to admire and support one another as artists while navigating personal dramas and challenges. Diego had a tense relationship with Communists in Mexico, and artistic and political ideals he didn’t want to compromise. Through it all, he painted. Frida endured great physical and emotional pain. A bus accident broke her body when she was a young woman and required multiple surgeries throughout her life. Through it all, she painted. And for both of them, the force of their feelings for one another seemed to have a lasting hold, for better and for worse. A beautifully produced volume includes black-and-white photographs and full-color reproductions of selected paintings by each artist. ©2014 Cooperative Children's Book Center
CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 13 and older
Age Range:
Grades 6-8 (Ages 11-13)
Grades 9-12 (Age 14 and older)
Formats:
Biography, Autobiography and Memoir
Substantial Narrative Non-Fiction
Subjects:
Art and Artists
Love and Romance
Mexicans and Mexican Americans
Physical Disability
Politics and Political Systems
Diversity subject:
Latine
Physical Disability/Condition
Publisher:
Clarion
Publish Year: 2014
Pages: 168
ISBN: 9780547821849
CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 759 Reef