Frida Kahlo : the revolutionary painter!
(2021)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
J/GN/SHOW

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Graphic Novels J/GN/SHOW Available

Details

PUBLISHED
San Diego, California : Portable Press, [2021]
DESCRIPTION

93 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781645174332, 1645174336 :, 1645174336, 9781645174332
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"This . . . biography of . . . Mexican painter Frida Kahlo uses a graphic novel format to tell the true story of the woman who led an artistic revolution. After an accident at age 18 dashed her dream of attending medical school and becoming a doctor, Frida Kahlo turned to painting as a form of therapy. Over the next few years, she developed an introspective and surrealist style that soon became a sensation in the art world. By incorporating aspects of Mexican folk art with . . . personal themes, Kahlo's paintings revolutionized not only Mexican art but the very essence of what art could be"--Provided by publisher

GN630L

Decoding demand: 94 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 83 (very high) Structure demand: 88 (very high)