Juana Lecaros

{{Short description|Chilean visual artist (1920–1993)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Juanita Lecaros

| image = Juana Lecaros Izquierdo.jpg

| other_names = J. M Sorcale

| birth_name = Juanita Lecaros Izquierdo

| birth_date = August 20, 1920

| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

| death_date = May 2, 1993

| death_place = Santiago, Chile

| occupation = Painter, printmaker, engraver, poet, writer

}}

Juanita Lecaros Izquierdo (1920 – 1993) Chilean visual artist and poet.{{Cite book |last=Romera |first=Antonio R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=itVUjM1eXWEC&pg=PA142 |title=Historia De La Pintura Chilena |date=1951 |publisher=Andres Bello |pages=142 |language=es}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fMplAAAAMAAJ |title=Revista de estudios históricos |date=1987 |others=Instituto Chileno de Investigaciones Genealógicas |volume=32–33 |pages=179 |language=es}} She is known for her paintings, and engravings.{{Cite journal |last=Meza |first=Marcelo Rodríguez |date=2010 |title=Doscientos años de Pintura Chilena |journal=Trilogía |language=es |volume=22 |issue=32}} Lecaros used the pseudonym J. M. Sorcale for writing her poetry.