Biografie von Olga COSTA (1913-1993)

Birth place: Lepzig, Germany

Addresses: Guanajuato, Mex

Profession: Painter, collector

Studied: San Carlos Art Sch, Nat Univ Mex, with Carlos Merida, painter & Jose Chavez Morado, painter, muralist.

Exhibited: AIC, 1943-44; Mus Nat d' Art Mod, Paris, France, 1952; Nat Mus Tokyo, Japan 1955; Fifth Int Art Exhib, Japan, 1959; Mus Nac Arte Mod, Mexico City, 1961; XIX Olympic Games Cultural Exhib, Galeria Arte Mod, Mexico City, 1968; Ines Amor, Galeria Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, Mex., 1970s

Work: Mus Arte Mod, Mexico City; Mus Art, Warsaw, Poland; MOMA, New York, NY; Banco Nac de Mex, Mexico City. Commissions: Mural mosaic, Banco Hipotecario for Spain Cuantla City, 1953; ballet costumes & sets, Choreographer Waldeen, Mexico City.

Comments: Preferred Media: Oils. Collection: Pre-hispanic, colonial and folk art.

Sources: WW73; Luis Cardosa Aragon, Pintura Mexicana (Fondo de Cultura Economica, Mexico City, 1964); Toby Joysmith, Perpetuating the Mexican Barbizon," The News (Novedades), Mexico City, 1969; Maria Sten," Olga Costa," Tyija Mag (Varsovia, 1970)."