Hector Hyppolite created many paintings that are tied to Vodou for the burgeoning Haitian art market of the 1940s.
Surrealism in Latin America
Diego is sturdy, solid, unmoving. Frida looks out, quizzically, and with her hand on his, seems to be breaking free.
Frida Kahlo, Frieda and Diego Rivera
This Cuban artist united European Surrealism with Afro-Caribbean culture.
Wifredo Lam, The Jungle
In her double self-portrait, Kahlo wears both European garb and the Indigenous clothing she grew to prefer.
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