Olga Blinder

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Olga Blinder is a Paraguayan artist (1921- ), Olga Blinder was born in Asuncion, Paraguay in 1921. She has lived through the War of the Chaco, World War II, the Revolution of 1947 and Paraguay’s coup d'etats in 1954 and 1989.

Painter, sketcher and engraver, she is a licensed professor who has taught arts and creative education for over 30 years. She has also published numerous books and articles on education and art.

She began displaying her work in Paraguay in 1950 and began exhibiting abroad in 1953. In 1954 she helped co-found the Grupo Arte Nuevo in Asuncion.

She is the former director of the Escolinha de Arte of Paraguay in the Brazilian Cultural Mission and is currently director of the Instituto de Arte (ISA) of the National University of Asuncion. She is also a technical advisor to the Ministry of Education for the development of textbooks.

She has been recognized by the League of Women’s Rights, decorated by the Brazilian Government, and received the Integración Latinoamericana award from the Ministry of Culture and Education of Argentina.