Carmen Herrera
Cuban painter and sculptor (1915–2022)
Carmen Herrera (May 31, 1915 – February 13, 2022) was a Cuban-American abstract, minimalist painter. She was born in Havana. She lived in New York City beginning in the mid-1950s. Herrera's abstract works brought her international recognition late in life.
Carmen Herrera | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 31, 1915 |
| Died | February 13, 2022 (aged 106) |
| Nationality | Cuban-American |
| Known for | Painting |
| Style | Minimalism |
| Movement | Abstract Expressionism |
Herrera became known for her landscape abstract art based in Cuba such as Blanco y Verde (1959) which depicts landscape of the Cuban oceanside. Some of her work appears at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C..[2]
Herrera showed her art many times at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles beginning in 1949.[3]
She turned 100 in May 2015.[4] Herrera died at her Manhattan apartment on February 13, 2022 at the age of 106.[5]
References
change- ↑ "Overlooked But Undeterred, A 101-Year-Old Artist Finally Gets Her Due". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
- ↑ "Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
- ↑ Brodsky, Estrellita B. (2013). Dorothy Feaver (ed.). Carmen Herrera: Works on Paper = Opere su Carta, 2010-2012. London: Lisson Gallery. ISBN 9780947830397.
- ↑ Russeth, Andrew (2015-06-05). "'Don't Be Intimidated About Anything': Carmen Herrera at 100". ARTnews. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- ↑ McFadden, Robert D. (2022-02-13). "Carmen Herrera, Cuban-Born Artist Who Won Fame at 89, Dies at 106". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
Other websites
change- The 100 Years Show website, about Carmen Herrera turning 100 years old, by film director Allison Klaymen
- "Slideshow of Carmen Herrera's artwork", from a New York Times article dated December 20, 2009
- "At 94, She’s the Hot New Thing in Painting", a New York Times article about Carmen Herrera dated December 19, 2009
- Lisson Gallery: Carmen Herrera.
- "Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art" Archived 2016-03-31 at the Wayback Machine at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Carmen Ramos, curator of Latino art, discusses the exhibition and the participation of Carmen Herrera with her painting "Blanco y Verde"(1960) dated September 13, 2013
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