Frida Kahlo

Best known for her self-portraits, Frida Kahlo is celebrated in Mexico as emblematic of national and indigenous tradition, and by feminists for her depiction of the female experience.  She contracted polio as a child and was badly injured in a steet car accident as a teenager, which often kept her in bed where she painted.     

David Alfaro Siqueiros

A soldier and political activist, Siqueiros (1896-1974) is also considered one of the artistic masters of the 20th century, a member of the great Mexican school of mural painting that includes Jose Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera. 
The city of Los Angeles and the Getty will soon be unveiling "America Tropical".  It is the only mural by Siqueiros in its original location.  A controversial work when it was completed in 1932, the mural depicts a Mexican Indian bound to a cross under an American eagle.  Damaged by whitewashing and the sun, the Getty Research Institute has recreated his original materials to preserve the mural's authenticity.  

Pierre Bonnard

I am making an anonymous donation of my hand painted book covers to the Santa Barbara Central Library..shhh:)  This is my first one, Pierre Bonard.  I replaced the shelf tags and barcode, returned it and it was reshelved. 
Bonnard often painted his wife in the bathroom, as she suffered from depression and baths were a remedy.  He brought something special to his subject and her surroundings in the act of everyday life.