Olga Albizu (1924–2005) was a leading Puerto Rican abstract painter whose work brought together the gestural freedom of Abstract Expressionism with a distinctive sensitivity to colour and surface. Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, she studied at the University of Puerto Rico before travelling to New York, where she worked under Hans Hofmann and encountered the artists of the New York School. She subsequently continued her studies in Paris and Florence.

From the 1950s Albizu developed a highly individual abstract language of vigorous brushwork, saturated colour and richly textured surfaces. Her paintings were characterised by an emphasis on gesture and movement rather than representation, placing her within the international development of post-war abstraction while retaining a distinctly personal sensibility.

Albizu is perhaps also remembered for her striking album-cover designs for Latin and jazz recordings, notably Stan Getz's Jazz Samba and Big Band Bossa Nova. These brought her vivid abstractions to a much wider public and established an unusual connection between fine art and the visual culture of the jazz era. She lived and worked in New York for much of her career and remains an important figure in the history of Puerto Rican and Latin American abstraction. Albizu’s work has been offered at auction multiple times, the record price being $151,200 for Untitled (1972) sold at Christie's New York in Sept 2022.