A tragic traffic accident sent this former medical student back to the drawing board. Name that Mexican artist.

This magical realist painted folk art in a way that exploded from her canvas. Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is known for her self portraiture, which blended her Catholic beliefs with pre-Columbian traditions. Political activists and art historians brought Kahlo’s work to the fore in the ‘70s, after she’d passed away from health complications in 1954.

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