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Few artists have fused life and art as completely as Frida Kahlo, whose paintings transform personal experience into images of extraordinary force. Bringing together approximately ninety works, this book traces the full arc of her career—from early self-portraits to paintings shaped by love, politics, physical suffering, and fierce independence. The often full-page or double-page reproductions and details of the works encourage close looking, allowing readers to move between Kahlo’s commanding compositions and the quieter details that carry emotional and symbolic weight. Interspersed throughout the volume are six large-format fold-outs devoted to landmark paintings, including Self-Portrait (in a Velvet Dress), Self-Portrait (on the Borderline between Mexico and the United States), The Bride Frightened at Seeing Life Opened, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, Self-Portrait (Diego on My Mind), and Self-Portrait (Dedicated to Doctor Eloesser). Reproduced at an expanded sca