Between 1926, when she began to paint while recuperating from a near-fatal bus accident, and 1954, when she died at age 47, Kahlo painted some 66 self-portraits and about 80 paintings of other subjects, mostly still lifes and portraits of friends. ???I paint my own reality,??? she said. ???The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to.??? Her reality and her need to explore and confirm i