Early Life
Born in Catemu, Chile, to Mary Grisel Lehmann (née Bissett) and mining engineer Andrew William Lehmann, Olga Lehmann had one sister, Monica (Monica Pidgeon), and one brother, George (Andrew George Lehmann). Her father was of German and French descent (born in Paris) and her mother was Scottish. She was educated at Santiago College, Santiago, and in 1929 moved to England, where she was awarded a scholarship at the Slade School of Fine Art, London University.
At the Slade she studied fine art under the tutelage of Henry Tonks and Randolph Schwabe, specializing in theatrical design under Vladimir Polunin and in portraiture under Alan Gwynne-Jones. Awarded prizes in Life Painting, Composition, and Theatrical Design, she visited Spain in the early thirties; Spanish and Moorish themes were subsequently reflected in her art.
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