"Color is life and life is colorful." These words of the artist could be a perfect title for a biography of Iris Pagano de Dornier. The present monograph with catalogue raisonné paints her portrait with reference to her native country of Argentina, her extraordinary biography, and her entire oeuvre as viewed from the vantage points of art history and recent history in general. Readers will become familiar with Iris Pagano de Dornier as a woman and artist. Her works and their underlying ideas, conceptions and biographical reference are described in detail, resulting in the picture of a fascinating personality whose origins, path in life and unique art touch us profoundly.