Go inside the magical world of Frida Kahlo as she recalls an early childhood memory of her imaginary friend. Without trying to imitate Frida's unmistakable style, Gianluca Folì captures this fragment from her diary through stunning illustrations that provide a colorful backdrop for Frida's powerful voice. In these words, children will be given a window into the mind of this great artist and the great joy and happiness her imaginary friend brought to her during times of struggle. Along with biographical information about Frida Kahlo's childhood and her later work, The Two Fridas is a celebration of Frida Kahlo, her culture, and the magical, joyful, secret-filled friendship she shared and later captured in her painting. Children will be encouraged to explore their own imaginary worlds, open up conversations, and build on their own creativity.

Introduction to Frida Kahlo Postcards From Frida Kahlo: The Brush of Anguish by Martha Zamora Frida Kahlo's single most frequent theme was the obsessive self-portrait, in which she appears alone or with her pets or other meaningful possessions. When asked, as she frequently was, why she painted herself so often, she replied, "Porque estoy muy sola" (because I am all alone). Some theorize that she painted herself to ensure she would be remembered. Her former lover and longtime friend Alejandro Gómez Arias suggests that Frida's continual portrait painting was "a recourse, the ultimate means to survive, to endure, to conquer death."

The intimate life of artist Frida Kahlo is wonderfully revealed in the illustrated journal she kept during her last 10 years. This passionate and at times surprising record contains the artist's thoughts, poems, and dreams; many reflecting her stormy relationship with her husband, artist Diego Rivera, along with 70 mesmerising watercolour illustrations. The text entries in brightly coloured inks make the journal as captivating to look at as it is to read. Her writing reveals the artist's political sensibilities, recollections of her childhood, and her enormous courage in the face of more than thirty-five operations to correct injuries she had sustained in an accident at the age of eighteen.

TASCHEN全新推出XXL巨大开本艺术作品全集《The Complete Paintings》, 于意大利制作完成，采用烫金纸印刷，同时附有华丽丝带，重磅呈现墨西哥著名艺术家弗里达·卡罗的152幅精妙绝伦的画作。同时，此作品全集还集结了卡罗罕见的照片、日记内页及书信，为读者献上一部精彩绝伦的插图传记，是一本全方位展现她的艺术成就与传奇人生的专著。在这部插图传记中，读者还能看到卡罗、迭戈以及她位于墨西哥城的家——蓝屋（the Casa Azul），这也是她的创作灵感宇宙的中心。 这本全集以一种前所未有的方式展现卡罗的作品，当中包括巨细无遗地重现画作上的笔触细节以及诸多珍贵照片。此书还展示了无数由私人收藏家所拥有的卡罗藏品，甚至收录了过往丢失的或是80多年来未曾展出过的作品，这也使得此部作品全集成为迄今为止对卡罗的艺术成就与传奇人生最全面的研究。

Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) is one of the most important 20th-century painters and one of the few Latin American artists to have achieved a global reputation. In the vibrant colors of her native Mexico, she expressed the burdens that weighed upon her soul. Full-color reproductions and thorough text provide a quick yet solid introduction to this master.