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Frida Kahlo (1907-1954). Involved in a bus accident at age 18 which caused her problems the rest of her life Art influenced by pain, health problems, and love Communist Married to Diego Rivera 2 times Why did she paint so many self-portraits?-
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Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) • Involved in a bus accident at age 18 which caused her problems the rest of her life • Art influenced by pain, health problems, and love • Communist • Married to Diego Rivera 2 times • Why did she paint so many self-portraits?- • “I paint self-portraits because I am the person that I know best. I paint my own reality.”
Fernando Botero (1932- present) • Colombian painter, sculptor, sketch artist • His works are both a political and humorous commentary on life • Characteristics- inflated, exaggerated human (and other) figures • “In art, as long as you have ideas and think, you are bound to deform nature. Art is deformation.”