[2] At the age of 17 Koch began study at the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, but was dissatisfied with her experience there, and left after a brief time.

[2] Interested in both painting and sculpture, she subsequently studied privately with the artists Yolanda Mohalyi, Elisabeth Nobiling, Samson Flexor, and, beginning in 1947, Bruno Giorgi.

[1] In 1966 her career took a significant turn when, during a temporary stay in London, her work was accepted for an exhibition at the Mercury Gallery, and also drew the attention of the wealthy collector Alistair McAlpine, who became her sponsor for some years.

[1] Around 1976 she took a position as a Portuguese translator for Scotland Yard, and continued to work for the police for the next 13 years, enjoying the job for the many different stories it exposed her to.

[4] She came to wider attention in 2013, when the publisher Cosac Naify brought out a book devoted to her work, Lore Koch, with text by art critic Paulo Venancio Filho.