Olga Albizu Rosaly (1924–2005) was an
abstract expressionist painter from Ponce, Puerto Rico.Albizu was born
and raised in Puerto Rico, where she studied painting with the Spanish
painter Esteban Vicente from 1943 to 1947. She received a B.A. from the
University of Puerto Rico in 1946. She moved to New York City on a
fellowship for post-graduate work at the Art Students League in 1948.
After that, she did further studies in Europe at the Académie de la
Grande Chaumière in Paris and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence.
Later, she spent a year painting in the Provence as painters such as Van
Gogh and Cézanne had done before her. In 1953 she returned to New
York.Her works have been used in the artwork of various record covers,
including a number of albums by Stan Getz.Wikipedia
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