Mahatma Gandhi

(MohandasKaramchandGandhi,Porbandar,1869-Delhi,1948)thinkerandleaderofIndiannationalism.Itisthe
mostimportantindigenouspersonalityofcontemporaryIndianhistory.Dominatesthepoliticalandsocialscenein
Indiaduringthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury.Valuablelegacyontheiractionsforthegoodoftheir
countrymenandindependenceoftheircountryaspartofanextraordinaryphilanthropicandhumanitarian
conception,hasbecomeforhimaworkentitledHistoryofmyexperienceswiththetruth(whichinitsfirstedition
datesfromtwentyyearsbeforehisdeath),andahugepileofpaperspublishedinvariousmagazinesand
newspapers,manyofficialspeechespronouncedinIndiaandEnglandandabundantspeechesfamilyandpaternal
characteraimedatpeoplewhosearticlesandreligiousmemoryaliveitstillholds.
Frida Kahlo
(MagdalenaCarmenFridaKahlo,Coyoacan,Mexico,1907-id,1954.)Mexicanpainter.Althoughhemovedinthe
environmentofthegreatMexicanmuralistsofhistimeandsharedhisideals,FridaKahlocreatedahighlypersonal,
deeplynaiveandmetaphoricalpaintingwhilederivedfromhisexaltedsensitivityandvariouseventsthatmarkedhis
life.AteighteenFridaKahlosufferedaseriousaccidentthatforcedhertoalongconvalescence,duringwhichhe
learnedtopaint,andinalllikelihoodinfluencedtheformationofthecomplexpsychologicalworldthatisreflectedin
hisworks.In1929hemarriedthemuralistDiegoRivera;threeyearslaterhehadanabortionthathitdeepdownher
delicatesensitivityandinspiredtwoofhismostvaluableworks:HenryFordHospitalandFridaandabortion,whose
complexsymbolismisknownbytheexplanationsoftheartistherself.Theyarealsohighlyappreciatedhisself-
portraits,alsoofcomplexinterpretation:Self-PortraitwithMonkeyorTheTwoFridas.