Linda Kohen (born 28 October 1923) is an Italian-born Uruguayan painter with a long international career.

[1] In 1939, faced with the rejection of Italian racial laws for them, Kohen left Italy with her family and moved to South America.

[2] They lived in Buenos Aires and São Paulo and in 1940, the family settled in Uruguay, where Linda began her career.

In 1971, she held her first solo exhibition at the Moretti Gallery in Montevideo and then numerous more followed in Punta del Este, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Miami, Washington, D.C., Vicenza, etc.

[4] Kohen's paintings are intimate in nature, they carry an almost autobiographical tone, numerous subjective self-portraits where her skirt, hands or legs are protagonists, her image reflected in mirrors, details of her house and everyday objects, offer a subjective view of immediate reality of the artist.