Descripción

An important female voice in Mexico’s modernist art community, Olga Costa (1913–93) painted the women and landscapes of her adopted home country. Largely self-taught, she was inspired by daily life, the colorful clothes and flora of her surroundings, and an underappreciated dialogue between artistic communities in Mexico and in Europe, where she was born. This book situates her work between Mexican and European modernism, tracing her life from her birthplace in Germany to her career in Mexico.