Preface 10 // I. Why do you study so much? What secrets are you looking for? The years of learning 1925-1929 14 // II. My eyes were opened and I saw new things. The painter broadens her horizons 1930-1938 66 // III. I will paint pain, love, and affection. The lessons of maturity and experience 1939-1946 166 // IV. I no longer feel the slightest hope. I hope never to return. The will to continue painting right up until the end 1947-1954 268// V. Kahlo’s Diary and Letters/ 332 // VI. Biography Luis-Martin Lomno Marinu Vazquez Ka mos 386 // VII. Frida and Diego 408 // VIII. The Casa Azul 434 // Catalogue of Paintings ... 466 // Notes - 614 Bibliography - 615 Index - 620