Elvira Gascón

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Elvira Gascón Vera
Born	(1911-05-17)May 17, 1911 Almenar, Segrià
Died	February 10, 2000(2000-02-10) (aged 88) Soria
Nationality	Spanish
Field	painting, engraving
Training	Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Movement	Mexican muralism

Elvira Gascón Vera (b. Almenar, Segrià, May 17, 1911 – Soria, February 10, 2000) was a Spanish painter and engraver.^[1]

Biography

Gascón studied painting at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid from 1929 to 1935, and visited courses of sculpture. She taught at the Instituto Lope de Vega as well as at Madrid's Escuela de Artes y Oficios. During the beginning Civil War she worked in the National Archaeological Museum of Spain. She married the artist Roberto Fernández Balbuena (1891–1966), brother of the architect Gustavo Fernández Balbuena (1888–1931), and moved to Mexico with him in 1939, where she painted several murals in churches, and participated in 28 single and 45 group exhibitions. She also illustrated in magazines and round about 150 books. In her later days she suffered from Parkinson's disease.^[2] She had two daughters, named Guadelupe and Elvira. Elvira, b. 1944 in Mexico City, is also a known sculptor.

External links

Elvira Gascón in the Ibero-American Institute (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) catalogue, Berlin

References

↑ Elvira Gascón (Spanish).
↑ Enriquecen el acervo de Elvira Gascón en el Colmex (Spanish), La Jornada.

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Persondata
Name	Gascon Vera, Elvira
Alternative names
Short description	Spanish artist
Date of birth	May 17, 1911
Place of birth	Almenar, Segrià
Date of death	February 10, 2000
Place of death	Soria

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