Bertina Lopes (1924 – 2012) was a Mozambican-born, Italian painter and sculptor. Lopes' work displays a deep African sensibility with saturated colours and bold compositions of mask-like figures and geometric forms. She has been acknowledged for highlighting 'the social criticism and nationalistic fervour that influenced other Mozambican artists of her time'.
The proper Italian pronunciation:Berh-TEE-Nah"Ber" equals "Behr", or otherwise, said as the English "Bear". Roll the "R". "I" in "Ti" is stressed to "EE". "Na" is as usual, nothing strange, "Nah".