Vincent Van Gogh & Frida Kahlo

Contrasting Art Styles. The Biography Collection

De: The History Hour

Narrado por: Jerry Beebe, Alana Marie Cheuvront

Unlike most artists, Van Gogh developed very slowly, beginning with work as an art dealer that exposed him to many great works. He undertook this work for several years, after which he spent time as a missionary for the Dutch Reformed Church. After that, he drifted for several years before re-turning home to his parents’ house, where he took up painting, largely self-taught with books on anatomy and painting. His great works all date from the later years of his life.

Inside you’ll hear about:

• Early life
• The first four years of creativity
• Stylistic developments and influences
• Paris
• Arles
• Van Gogh and Gauguin
• Hospitalization
• Life in an asylum
• Van Gogh’s death
• And much more!

Totally neglected in his life, he suffered from psychosis for much of his life, and was treated for depression, unsuccessfully. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on July 29th, 1890. Only after his death, thanks to the efforts of his brother, Theo, he achieved recognition as a great artist.

Frida Kahlo was ahead of her time. She was bisexual and would have fit in perfectly in the time we live in now. Her disabilities would be acceptable in our society of today and her husband, Diego would probably be run out of town by the Real Housewives of “Cheaters.” Frida came with a lot of baggage in her life starting when she was only six years old and even more baggage piled on when she was in high school. Her suffering was more than anyone can imagine but she kept her head held high and forged her way forward.

Inside you’ll hear about:

• Frida’s birth and family
• Frida and Diego begin their life together
• Diego’s first fight with penile cancer
• Frida’s lovers
• Frida was rotten to the core
• A lifetime of Frida’s creations
• A medical doctor’s perspective on Frida

And much more! If Frida had not had a unibrow, waxed her upper lip, and shaved under her arms, she may have appeared more feminine than she did, and it may have given her more self-confidence. She never gave herself a chance because she felt it was her job to be the boy in the family.

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Absolutely loved this!!

Absolutely loved this!! I got this for my best friends birthday because she loves Frida Kahlo! It is so good and I’m glad I got a copy for my self as well. Highly recommend this if your a fan of Frida or like art in general.

good one

his book is quite lovely, even the pages are sturdy, with a nice semi gloss. The beginning of the book has her diary, and afterwards has translations for those of us who don't speak/read spanish. The book got here quickly and I was very pleased with the transaction. Overall, I am happy to have finally bought it

Perfect, i highly recoomend this book.

Perfect, i highly recoomend this book. I listenit this book years ago amd bought it here for a great price. If you love frida, you will love her diary. Studying her photos in her journal gave me alot of information and perspectivw on her spiritual amd life experiences. I found frida at the lowest point of my life, bedbound and very sick. She gave me hope while identifying her pain thru her paintings. An absolure must. I finally did my frida art piece based on her paintings and journal.
(Not 4 sale, it goes to charity. )

This is a beautiful book.

This is a beautiful book. I am giving as a gift so I have not read any of the print however I have browsed through the reproductions of the diary pages and they are definitely alluring. I may have to borrow once the gift recipient has had their turn

Love this book everything about it's amazing I got

Love this book everything about it's amazing I got fo the plane ride to Mexico City to see Frida house it was perfect for my trip if you love frida bye it