(b. Paraguay, 1920).
Jiménez began to show here work in the early '40s. After experimenting with postimpressionist and fauvist painting, especially to depict landscapes, by the late '50s she began to focus on printmaking. In 1962 she showed her first prints in Brazil, revealing an abstract expressionism with cosmic accents. In her striking woodcuts marked by deep gouges, Jiménez has adopted organic forms to convey her ideas, such as in Los ojos de la madera (The Eyes of the Wood), of 1961. During the '70s she produced multiple large-format woodcuts and continued to produce work into the post-dictatorship era of the '90s. She is distinguished as one of Paraguay's premier printmakers. Sources:
Edward J. Sullivan, ed. Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century. London: Phaidon Press, 1996. pgs. 254, 256, 259.
Josefina Plá, Treinta y tres nombres en las artes plásticas paraguayas. Asunción: Editorial Cultura, 197
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