Biography
Olga de Chica was born in Filandia, Colombia, in the coffee region called QuindÃo. She attended the Sacred Heart of Jesus High School in Filandia and the School of Fine Arts in Manizales. Olga started painting as a child, when it is said she used squeezed flowers in an attempt to create lively colors. However, the bulk of her lifetime was spent as the wife of a locally beloved school teacher, and the mother of two daughters and a son. It was not until she was approaching her fifties that she became a professional painter.
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