Eduarda Lapa

Eduarda Lapa
Lapa in 1929
Born
Maria Eduarda Lapa de Sousa Caldeira

15 October 1895
Died9 September 1976 (aged 80)
NationalityPortuguese
OccupationArtist
Known forPainter of flowers

Eduarda Lapa (1895 — 1976) was a painter and painting teacher who specialized in naturalist painting, especially still life, becoming known as the "flower painter" and the "ambassador of colours". An active feminist, she was the first woman to join the board of the Portuguese National Society of Fine Arts.