Ángela Gurría
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| Ángela Gurría Davó | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 24, 1929 Mexico City |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Field | sculpture |
Ángela Gurría Davó (b. Mexico City, March 24, 1929) is a Mexican sculptor. In 1973, she became the first female member of the Academia de Artes.
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[edit] Biography
Gurría studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature (UNAM), and sculpture autodidactically after 1949. Afterwards she became student of Germán Cueto and of Abraham González. She also practised in the studios of Mario Zamora and Manuel Montiel Blancas. She realized monumental sculptures, like the towers of the worker's monument "Monumento a los Trabajadores del Drenaje Profundo" in Tenayuca. Further important works were the "Homenaje a la ceiba" (homage to the Jerusalem cherry; 1977), the "Espiral Serfin" (1980) and "El corazón mágico de Cutzamala" (the magic heart of Cutzamala; 1987).[1][2]
[edit] Awards
- 1960: Award of the Instituto de Arte de México
- 1967: 1st, III Biennale of sculpture
- 1980: Gold medal, Academia dell Arte del Lavoro, Italy
[edit] External links
- Ángela Gurría in the Ibero-American Institute (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) catalogue, Berlin
[edit] References
- ^ Academia de Artes: Escultura - Ángela Gurría (Spanish)
- ^ Virginia Bautista: Ángela Gurría y su naturaleza (Spanish), August 25, 2008.
