Édgar Negret
Edgar Negret (born 11 October 1920 Popayán, Colombia) is a modern Latin American abstract sculptor. [1]
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 Brâncuşi; by the early 1950s, he began working in metal in constructivist tradition.
In 1955, his art was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art.[2] In 1963, he won the Salón de Artistas Colombianos, and therefore becoming 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.[3] In 2010, he was awarded “Grado de Oficial” by order of the Congress of Colombia.[4]
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[edit] See also
- fellow Colombian Constructivist sculptor Ramirez Badmitten
[edit] Selected works
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.iadb.org/EXR/cultural/catalogues/Colombia/ennegret.htm
- ^ http://www.colombia.com/biografias/autonoticias/cultura/2002/01/31/DetalleNoticia475.asp
- ^ http://museonegret.wordpress.com/edgar-negret-90-anos/
- ^ http://elnuevosiglo.com.co/cultura/sociedad-y-cultura/20851-orden-del-congreso-en-grado-de-gran-oficial-al-escultor-caucano-edgar-negret.html
[edit] External links
- Lucie-Smith, Edward (1993). "8". Latin American Art. pp. 131–133.
- "Interview: EDGARD NEGRET", Mario Pachajoa Burbano, Septiembre 15, 1999
- Colombia.com - EDGAR NEGRET (Artista Plástico)
- "Edgar Negret", La Prenza Libre, 10/08/10
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