1. Frida Kahlo "I paint self portraits because I am the person I know best." - Frida Kahlo

2. Hispanic Artist who lived a tragic life she paints a lot of self-portraits July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954 Surrealist painter Known for her unibrow, mustache, and her choice to where traditional Mexican dress. At age 6 Frida is stricken with polio

3. At age 18 she was in a bus accident and broke nearly every bone in her body. She spent a year in a bull-body cast and underwent 30 operations.

4. Her self-portraits are highly expressive and reflect a life of physical pain and emotional difficulties. Painting is titled “Without Hope”

5. She never appears smiling but always wears the same expression appearing in this self-portrait.

6. Frida was married to Diego Rivera a very famous Mexican Painter