Trixie Brice?o

(b London, 16 Sept, 1911; d Sun City, AZ, 4 Nov 1985). Panamanian painter of English birth. She was one of the first women to make an important contribution to art in Panama, where she arrived in the 1950s. She began her studies in Panama under Juan Manuel Cede?o and continued in Brazil from 1958 to 1960. Her naive style, characterized by a strong sense of geometry and flat, bright colours, was unique in Panamanian art. Giving free rein to her imagination, she painted magical and humorous compositions that bordered on Surrealism, such as Adam's Fruit Shop (1977; Panama City, Mus. A. Contemp.), at times showing the influence of European artists such as Paul Klee, Joan Mir? and Ren? Magritte.

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