Édgar Negret

Édgar Negret
Born (1920-10-11)October 11, 1920
Popayán, Colombia
Died October 11, 2012(2012-10-11) (aged 92)
Education School of Fine Arts, Cali
Known for Sculpture
Movement Abstract
Awards “Grado de Oficial”

Edgar Negret (October 11, 1920 – October 11, 2012[1]) was a modern Latin American abstract sculptor.[2]

Life

Negret was born in Popayán, Colombia. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Cali, Colombia. Initially working in stone in styles reminiscent of European modernists like Jean Arp and Constantin Brâncuși.[3][4] By the early 1950s, he began working in metal in constructivist tradition.

In 1955, his art was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art.[5] In 1963, he won the Salón de Artistas Colombianos, and therein became one of the most prominent Colombian sculptors of the 20th century. In 1968, he was awarded the David E. Bright Sculpture Prize, at the Thirty-fourth Venice Biennial. In 1985, the Museum Negret opened.[6] In 2010, he was awarded “Grado de Oficial” by order of the Congress of Colombia.[7] Negret died, on his 92nd birthday, in Bogotá, Colombia.

Selected works

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Falleció el escultor colombiano Édgar Negret". El Espectador (in Spanish). 12 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  2. ↑ "Edgar Negret". Iadb.org. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  3. ↑ "Edgar Negret". iadb.org. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  4. ↑ "Anita Shapolsky Gallery NYC". anitashapolskygallery.com. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  5. ↑ "Colombianos Destacados". Colombia.com. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  6. ↑ "Edgar Negret, 90 años « Casa Museo Negret & MIAMP". Museonegret.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  7. ↑

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