"“I was brought up in the British colonial type of painting, which I deplored. I had to do the little butterflies, the little flowers, and the little this and the little that in watercolors.”"
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Helen Lieros
Helen Lieros (3 August 1940 – 1 July 2021) was a Zimbabwean visual artist. She was born in Gweru, Zimbabwe to Greek parents. She studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Centre Contemporaine de la Gravure in Geneva, Switzerland. She also spent time at the Istituto statale d'arte di Firenzein Florence, Italy.
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