Hayden Herrera is an art historian. She has lectured widely, curated several exhibitions of art, taught Latin
American art at New York University, and has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. She is the author of numerous
articles and reviews for such publications as Art in America, Art Forum, Connoisseur, and the New York Times, among
others. Her books include Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo; Mary Frank; and Matisse: A Portrait. She is working
on a critical biography of Arshile Gorky. She lives in New York City.
Review
"A mesmerizing story of radical art, romantic politics, bizarre lovers and physical suffering that raises
the question, why hasn't someone told it all before?"
-- Time
Submitted by Publishers, July, 2001
Summary
The engrossing biography of the celebrated Mexican painter.
Table of Contents
Part 1
1. The Blue House on Londres Street
2. Childhood in Coyoacan
3. The National Preparatory School
Part 2
4. Accident and Aftermath
5. The Broken Column
6. Diego: The Frog Prince
Part 3
7. The Elephant and the Dove
8. Newlywed: The Tehuana Frida
9. Gringolandia
10. Detroit: Henry Ford Hospital
11. Revolutionaries in the Temple of Finance
Part 4
12. A Few Small Nips
13. Trotsky
14. A Painter in Her Own Right
15. This Pinchisimo Paris
16. What the Water Gave Me
Part 5
17. A Necklace of Thorns
18. Remarriage
19. Patrons, Politics, Public Recognition
20. The Little Deer
21. Portraits of a Marriage
Part 6
22. Naturaleza Viva: Alive Still Life
23. Homage to Frida Kahlo
24. Night Is Falling in My Life
25. Viva la Vida
