Frida Kahlo : the Last Interview

And Other Conversations

96 pages

English language

Published Nov. 12, 2020 by Melville House Publishing.

ISBN:
978-1-61219-875-0
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Review of 'Frida Kahlo : the Last Interview' on 'Storygraph'

I wish there'd have been more interviews and more of Kahlo's words.

 From Hayden Herrera's introduction to this book:

 > The last image in Kahlo’s diary is a chaotically brushed black angel. The last words are, “I hope the exit is joyful—and xxviii Introduction I hope never to come back—Frida.” On July 13, 1954, Frida Kahlo died, probably from an intentional overdose. Rivera was distraught: “Too late now I realized that the most wonderful part of my life had been my love for Frida.”

 In the first interview in this book, Frida Kahlo is described as 'wife of the master muralist'; in 1930s popular newspaper style, she was cast as the diminutive wife, suited for living in Diego Rivera's shadow. He was the love of her life, and they were both artists. Rivera was an artist before Kahlo, but as she obviously found her own style, the tone in the …

Review of 'Frida Kahlo : the Last Interview' on 'Goodreads'

From Hayden Herrera's introduction to this book:

> The last image in Kahlo’s diary is a chaotically brushed black angel. The last words are, “I hope the exit is joyful—and xxviii Introduction I hope never to come back—Frida.” On July 13, 1954, Frida Kahlo died, probably from an intentional overdose. Rivera was distraught: “Too late now I realized that the most wonderful part of my life had been my love for Frida.”

In the first interview in this book, Frida Kahlo is described as 'wife of the master muralist'; in 1930s popular newspaper style, she was cast as the diminutive wife, suited for living in Diego Rivera's shadow. He was the love of her life, and they were both artists. Rivera was an artist before Kahlo, but as she obviously found her own style, the tone in the interviews begins to shift.

From an interview in 1938:

> A newcomer …

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