Emilia Ortiz

Emilia Ortiz

Emilia Ortiz Pérez (Tepic, 1917 – Tepic, November 24, 2012) was a Mexican painter, cartoonist, caricaturist, and poet, best known for her watercolors. Her father, Abraham D. Ortiz, had arrived at Tepic originally from Oaxaca where he married Elvira Perez and engaged in haberdashery and the hardware trade. She studied painting at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. Her drawings and paintings were exhibited in 1940. An author as well, her prizewinning book, De mis soledades vengo, was published in 1986.[1] The Museo Emilia Ortiz in Lerdo houses Ortiz's photography and art, as well as local art.[2]

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References

  1. Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. pp. 421–. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
  2. Northrop, Laura Cava; Curtis, Dwight L.; Sherman, Natalie (27 November 2007). Let's Go Mexico 22nd Edition. St. Martin's Press. pp. 427–. ISBN 978-0-312-37452-5.
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