frida in america the creative awakening of a great artist

Writing in both feminist and academic perspectives. Named one of five books to look forward to in 2020 by Jaime Herndon at The Woolfer Named one of the 7 BOOKS TO READ IN MARCH by Fortune 'Stahr intends her book to augment the canon. With vivid detail, Frida in America recreates the pivotal journey that made Senora Rivera the world famous Frida Kahlo. But it's precisely her feelings of being a stranger in a strange land that fueled her creative passions and an even stronger sense of Mexican identity. Frida in America is the first in-depth biography of these formative years spent in Gringolandia, a place Frida couldn't always understand. Shifts in her style of painting began to appear, cracks in her marriage widened, and tragedy struck, twice while she was living in Detroit. Only twenty-three and newly married to the already world-famous forty-three-year-old Diego Rivera, she was at a crossroads in her life and this new place, one filled with magnificent beauty, horrific poverty, racial tension, anti-Semitism, ethnic diversity, bland Midwestern food, and a thriving music scene, pushed Frida in unexpected directions.

Still, leaving her family and her country for the first time was monumental. In November, 1930, she was thrilled to realize her dream of traveling to the United States to live in San Francisco, Detroit, and New York.

The riveting story of how three years spent in the United States transformed Frida Kahlo into the artist we know today ' An] insightful debut.Featuring meticulous research and elegant turns of phrase, Stahr's engrossing account provides scholarly though accessible analysis for both feminists and art lovers.' - Publisher's Weekly Mexican artist Frida Kahlo adored adventure.

Frida in america the creative awakening of a great artist