Studied printmaking with Andrée Karpelès de Högman;Leger's Académie Contemporaine (1933-1934); Atelier Montparnasse (with Marcel Gromaire); Jean Darua(ca. 1938); Académie André Lhote
Izcue, Elena. El arte peruano en la escuela; L’art péruvien à l’école; Peruvian art in the school. París: Editorial excelsior, 1926.
Levillier, Jean. Paracas, A Contribution to the Study of Pre-Incaic Textiles in Ancient Perú. Paris: Libreria hispano-americana, 1928. (illustrations by Elena Izcue)
Interior design, graphic arts, applied arts, textile design, ceramics, fashion
Incorporated pre-Columbian motifs in her work