Helen Lieros
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BornAugust 3, 1940
Gweru, Zimbabwe
DiedJuly 14, 2021 (aged 80)
KnownforPainting
SpouseDerek Huggins
Helen Lieros | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 3, 1940 Gweru, Zimbabwe |
| Died | July 14, 2021 (aged 80) |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse | Derek Huggins |
Helen Lieros (3 August 1940 – 14 July 2021), was a Zimbabwean visual artist and educator, mentoring generations of artists for over five decades.[1][2][3][4] Lieros was one of Zimbabwe's most illustrious artists and had a career that spanned across six decades.[5]
She was born on 3 August 1940 in Gweru, Zimbabwe to Greek immigrant parents.[3][4] She studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Centre Contemporaine de la Gravure (now the Istituto statale d'arte di Firenze) in Geneva, Switzerland.
After wandering in Europe, Lieros returned to Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in 1964, and took up a position as a teacher at Chaplin High School, where she had been a student.[6]
