Best known for her self-portraits that betray a hint of surrealism, Frida Kahlo was in a horrific bus crash at an early age, which left her dealing with chronic pain, which is a major motif throughout her work
Jackson Pollack is one of the artists who pushed abstraction into the mainstream. His drip paintings are masterful works that convey a sense of movement and emotion without an actual subject, which was unheard of at the time.