The Quiz: Who painted this self-portrait after recovering from a bus accident?
Yayoi Kusama
Artemisia Gentileschi
Frida Kahlo
Maria Izquierdo
In 1925, when Frida Kahlo was just 18 years old, she was involved in a bus accident. The injuries forced her to be encased in a full-body plaster cast. While in recovery, Kahlo’s parents created a custom easel and mounted a mirror over her bed so she could paint self-portraits to pass time. Her painting “Tree of Hope, Remain Strong,” pictured here, depicts Kahlo holding the steel corset she had to wear.
The correct answer to this quiz is Frida Kahlo.