Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera was a renowned painter who was born in Mexico in 1886, and he studied art in Spain, France, and Italy. He is known for his large wall works in fresco and was instrumental in establishing the Mexican Mural Renaissance. His murals adorn walls and buildings in Mexico City, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City. Much of Rivera's later work reflects a post-impressionistic style with basic forms and vivid colors. His favorite subjects included people, events, and locations that reflected the culture of his time. Some of his most popular wall prints are Peasants, Vendedora de Alcatraces, and The Flower Vendor. In 1929, Rivera married internationally known painter Frieda Kahlo. He died in 1957.

Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe was born in 1887 and grew up with six brothers and sisters on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. After stints at schools and teachers colleges, she became an art teacher. Her breakthrough into fulltime painting came through her friendship -- and eventually romance and marriage -- with famed photographer Alfred Stieglitz. Flowers were among her favorite subjects, as reflected in her prints titled Poppy, Black Iris, and Abstract Rose. O'Keeffe also loved to paint the stucco churches and haunting landscapes of New Mexico, which can be seen in her works Ranchos Church, Summer Days, and Black Mesa. She continued painting as long as her eyesight held out, and after it began to fade, she worked in watercolor, pencil, and clay. She died in 1984 at the age of 98.