Esther Boix

Esther Boix (1927-2014) was a painter from Llers/Girona, Spain, whose life and work are intertwined, forming a pictorial diary. She is being recognized for breaking the social patterns of her time and leading the way towards modernity alongside other artists. Currently, she is newsworthy because the Vila Casas Foundation is holding an exhibition of 180 of her works to commemorate the upcoming centenary of her birth and to highlight her artistic legacy. The exhibition showcases her transgression of the rigid social canons of the Franco regime, exemplified by paintings like 'El mirall' (1953), which depicts a female bullfighter. This exhibition aims to highlight Boix's feminist perspective and her significant contribution to art history.