Lourdes Castro
Portuguese artist (born 1930)
Maria de Lourdes Bettencourt de Castro ComSE (9 December 1930 – 8 January 2022) was a Portuguese artist. She was known for creating shadow puppets for her Shadow Theatre. She helped create the São Paulo Art Biennial.[1][2][3]
Lourdes Castro | |
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 Castro in 2015 | |
| Born | Maria de Lourdes Bettencourt de Castro 9 December 1930 |
| Died | 8 January 2022 (aged 91) Funchal, Madeira, Portugal |
| Alma mater | Lisbon School of Fine Arts |
| Awards | Medal for Cultural Merit (2020) |
Castro died at a hospital in Funchal, Portugal from pneumonia on 8 January 2022, at the age of 91.[4] President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa called her "one of the most [important] Portuguese artists".[5]
References change
- ↑ "Lourdes Castro". Museu Coleção Berardo. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ↑ "Fundação de Serralves reabre com nova exposição dedicada a Lourdes Castro" (in Portuguese). dnoticias. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ↑ Reliquet, Scarlett. "Lourdes Castro, translated from Dictionnaire universel des créatrices". Aware. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ↑ "Morreu a artista Lourdes Castro". Rádio Comercial. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ↑ Castro, Lourdes. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. 2011-10-31. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00033748.
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