Judith Westphalen
{{Short description|Peruvian painter}}{{More citations needed|date=November 2024}}
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| birth_name = Judith Ortiz Reyes
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|06|02}}
| birth_place = Catacaos, Peru
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|12|31|1922|06|02}}
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| occupation = Painter
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Judith Westphalen (née Ortiz Reyes; 1922 – 1976) was a Peruvian painter known for her abstract artwork.{{Cite news |date=28 August 2022 |title=Judith Westphalen, la pintora peruana sobre la cual escribieron Rafael Alberti y Murilo Mendes |url=https://elperuano.pe/noticia/185541-westphalen-pincel-centenario |access-date=2024-11-06 |work=El Peruano |language=es}}
Early life and education
Westphalen was born Judith Ortiz Reyes in Catacaos, Piura, in 1922. She earned a doctorate in Literature and Pedagogy at the National University of San Marcos in Lima.{{Cite web |date=August 26, 2022 |title=Homenaje por los 100 años del nacimiento de Judith Westphalen |url=https://suplementos.peru21.pe/propuestaurp/2022/08/26/galeria-trampas-para-la-luz/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325225726/https://suplementos.peru21.pe/propuestaurp/2022/08/26/galeria-trampas-para-la-luz/ |archive-date=2023-03-25 |website=Peru21 |language=es}} She was a self-taught artist.
Career
She began painting in 1944. After participating in a group exhibition in Viña del Mar in 1946, she had her first individual show at the former Sala Bach in Lima the following year.
She lived and worked with her husband, the poet Emilio Adolfo Westphalen, in Lima, New York City, Los Boliches (Spain), Florence, and Rome. Her work was exhibited in Peru, the US, Italy, Chile, Spain, Mexico, and Belgium.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}
Death and legacy
She died in Rome on December 31, 1976.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}
A major retrospective of her work was held from June to August 2007 in the Municipal Galleries of Miraflores (Lima).{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} In 2022, the Visual Arts Gallery held an exhibition of her work at the Ccori Wasi Cultural Center commemorating the 100th anniversary of her birth.
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