Frida Kahlo's fierce self-portraits featuring her iconic bold unibrow and mustache were once described by André Breton, the founder of Surrealism, as "ribbon[s] around a bomb." Indeed, Kahlo's paintings are simultaneously seductive and confrontational.
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A trailblazing sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance, Augusta Savage was also an influential teacher and activist, advocating for equal rights for African-Americans in the arts. <<
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Georgia O'Keeffe, a leading American Modernist, broke from realism with one of the first purely abstract American artworks in 1915. Her 1918 piece "Music, Pink and Blue" depicts vibrant petals in an archway, suggesting musical energy.
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