Actually born on July 28, in 1913, Sofia Bassi was a Surrealist painter, from Veracruz. She studied psychology at La Esmeralda, but then began to teach herself to paint. She changed her name from Mendoza to Bassi for professional reasons, Bassi was married twice, convicted of murdering her daughter Claire's husband (it was believed that it was really Claire who shot him), and served 5 years in prison. While in prison she painted her first of two murals. After her release she continued to write and paint.
Bassi's painting sometimes described as "magical impressionism" depicts surreal landscapes and lost cities. She described her art "as an elixir that she wanted to drink until the end of her career to keep her from dying."
Bassi has had many exhibitions of her work and was included in several books. She was a member of The World's Human Rights Committee and received an award for her work with the elderly.
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