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Elsa Gramcko (1925–1994)[1] was a Venezuelan artist, known as an abstract sculptor and painter. Her earlier works, which date from 1954, were geometric paintings, while her later works were more tachist in nature.[2] While her earlier works consisted of mostly paintings, she expanded into sculpture and assemblage in the 1960s and 1970s.

Elsa Gramcko
Born(1925-04-25)April 25, 1925
Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
Died1994 (aged 68–69)
Caracas, Venezuela
NationalityVenezuelan
Known forPainting
MovementAbstract Art

History


Elsa Gramcko was born 9 April 1925 in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela.[3] Ida Gramcko, her sister, was an essayist and poet.[4]

In 1959, José Gómez Sicre curated her first solo show at the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington D.C. She represented Venezuela in the 1959 São Paulo Art Biennial and in the 1964 Venice Biennale.[2] In 1968 she was awarded the National Art Prize at the Official Salon of Venezuelan Art and in 1966 she became the first woman to obtain the first prize at the D'Empaire Salon held in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela. Her work is held in various private and public collections throughout Latin America and worldwide,[2] including Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)[1] and Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas.[5]

She died in 1994, in Caracas, Venezuela.


References


  1. "Collection: Elsa Gramcko". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Gramcko, Elsa." In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed February 11, 2012; subscription required).
  3. "ULAN Full Record Display: Gramcko, Elsa (Venezuelan painter and sculptor, 1925-1994)". www.getty.edu. Getty Research. Retrieved 11 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Commire, Anne (ed.) "Gramcko, Ida." In: Dictionary of Women Worldwide. Gale, 2006. ISBN 0-7876-7585-7
  5. "Collection Search: Elsa Gramcko". Spencer Museum of Art. Retrieved 11 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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Elsa Gramcko (9 de abril de 1925, Puerto Cabello, Carabobo-3 de marzo de 1994, Caracas) fue una escultora y pintora abstracta venezolana.


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