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]
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.
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