ABSTRACT
This chapter compares the works of Greta Garbo, Concha Méndez and Maruja Mallo to understand how each of them reflects on their identity as female artists working in Spain and in the Hollywood studio system during the 1920s, primarily dominated by men. Based on a selection of their works, a close analysis shows the reflexive nature of each artist. In other words, there is a double reflexivity at play that questions the work of art itself—either as film, painting or poetry—and the female artist. New identities are thus created for women through poetry, painting and film during this dynamic period of cultural production that questions their roles in Western society.
