Leza Lidow

Who is Leza Lidow?

Leza Lidow is an artist.

Lidow was brought up in a creative and intellectual environment. Her father was a World War I pilot, who later found a career as a stunt pilot for film. Her mother, daughter of a Russian diplomat, was born in China, and was an avid collector of Asian art and translated Asian poetry.

At an early age she showed a passion for painting. At 18 she married the composer Friedrich Hollander, who wrote for Marlene Dietrich as well as for Hollywood films. Film studios were interested in her as a potential actress but she declined in order to paint. She had a daughter with Hollander but after three years the couple divorced.

Her education in art was continued in Paris and Switzerland. In 1951, Lidow returned to Los Angeles and exhibited solo at Roperi's Gallery. Soon after, she married industrialist and founder of International Rectifier Corp, Eric Lidow, and they had two sons together.

In 2005 arthritis had complicated her ability to paint. She started to make short films to continue her artistic expression.