Emilia Ortiz Pérez (Tepic, 1917 – Tepic, November 24, 2012) was a Mexican painter, cartoonist, caricaturist, and poet, best known for her watercolors. Her father, Abraham D. Ortiz, had arrived at Tepic originally from Oaxaca where he married Elvira Perez and engaged in haberdashery and the hardware trade. She studied painting at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. Her drawings and paintings were exhibited in 1940. An author as well, her prizewinning book, De mis soledades vengo, was published in 1986. The Museo Emilia Ortiz in Lerdo houses Ortiz's photography and art, as well as local art. Gallery References Sources Elisa García Barragán (1995). EMILIA ORTIZ Vida y Obra de una pintora apasionada. FUNDACIÓN ALICA DE NAYARIT, A.C.. . 1917 births 2012 deaths People from Tepic Mexican women painters Mexican watercolourists Mexican cartoonists Mexican women cartoonists Mexican caricaturists Mexican women poets 20th-century Mexican poets 20th-century Mexican women writers Women watercolorists