Carr O'Keeffe Kahlo: Places of Their Own

About this book

This groundbreaking book compares the art lives and achievements of three great artists of the Americas: Emily Carr of Canada Georgia OKeeffe of the United States and Frida Kahlo of Mexico. Each became her countrys preeminent woman painter in the twentieth century and all explored similar issues in their painting. Sharyn Udall shows how each artist searched for an authentic personal identity and analyzes in detail the issues these women faced in relation to nationality nature gender and the creation of a personal mythology. Although their work is visually disparate certain interesting themes connect Carr OKeeffe and Kahlo and Udall draws on rich archives and uses specific works of art to illustrate the differences and similarities among the three. By viewing their work collectively she shows how we can illuminate in new ways the art of a continent.