Norah Borges Art

Norah Borges

Norah Borges was a painter, visual artist a prominent memner of avant-garde literary grouip called Florida Group in Buenos Aires. She was the younger sister of ultraist writer, Jorge Luis Borges.
She was influenced by expressionism and modernity during the Geneva years and when the family reached Spain (1919-1921) they were attracted to Ultraist Movement that opposed Modernism. The illustrations of Norah helped Jorge Luis Borges to thrive ultraism in Argentina after their return.
She died at the age of 97 on July 20th, 1998.

This work of Norah is a fresco portraying a mother and child painted in 1920, during the family's second and final sojourn in Island of Majorca. She did this on the staircase of Hotel del Artista in Valldemossa where they stayed.

Spanish Musicians-Músicos españoles

In all of our games she was always el caudillo, I the slow, timid, submissive one. She climbed to the top of the roof, traipsed through the tress, and I followed along with more fear than enthusiasm. 

—Jorge Luis Borges, Norah

Veronica-La Verónica

Venus and Cupid -Norah Borges- November,
1924 15 x 15 cm, Woodcut

Ajedrez (Chess) (1922)-Norah Borges
(for a poetry by Jorge Luis Borges)