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Mercedes Clementina Marta del Carmen Pardo Ponte,[1] known as Mercedes Pardo (July 29, 1921 – March 24, 2005) was a Venezuelan abstract art painter.[2][3][4][5]

Mercedes Pardo
Born(1921-07-29)July 29, 1921
Caracas, Venezuela
DiedMarch 24, 2005(2005-03-24) (aged 83)
San Antonio de Los Altos, Venezuela
NationalityVenezuelan
Known forPainting
MovementAbstract Art
Spouse(s)
Marco Bonta
​
(m. 1945)​
ending in divorce
Alejandro Otero
​
(m. 1951)​

Biography


Pardo was born July 29, 1921 (or July 20, 1921, according to her obituary in El Pais[6]) in Caracas, Venezuela. By age 13 she began taking free classes at the Academia de Bellas Artes.[5]

In 1941 she joined the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Aplicadas in Caracas.[4] She was active in painting, printmaking, and collage, and in 1991 the National Art Gallery in Caracas held an exhibition to review her work from 1941 to 1991.[7][8]

In 1945 she married Marco Bonta, a professor of stained glass and mural painting. Their marriage was short.[5]

In 1947 she attended the Academy of Fine Arts of Santiago in Chile where she had her first one-woman show. In 1949 she moved to Paris and attended the École du Louvre.[5]

In 1951 she married the painter Alejandro Otero.[5]

She died on March 24, 2005 in San Antonio de Los Altos, Venezuela.[5]


Legacy


The Fundación Alejandro Otero-Mercedes Pardo was established in 2016. It is located at Alejandro Otero and Mercedes Pardo's house in San Antonio de Los Altos.[9]


Exhibitions[5]



Awards[5]



References


  1. "Mercedes Clementina Marta del Carmen Pardo Ponte". geni.com. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  2. "Pardo Mercedes". Art&Art. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  3. "Mercedes Pardo". MutualArt.com. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. Boudon, Lawrence (2002). Handbook of Latin American Studies v. 58. p. 68. ISBN 9780292709102. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  5. "Pardo, Mercedes". Wikihistoria del arte Venezolano. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  6. "Mercedes Pardo, pintora (obituary)". El Pais. 28 March 2005. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  7. Puerto, Cecilia (1996). Latin American Women Artists, Kahlo and Look who Else: A Selective, Annotated Bibliography. Greenwood. p. 189. ISBN 9780313289347.
  8. "Mercedes Pardo : 1 x 9 / Margarita DAmico". Documents of Latin American and Latino Art (in Spanish). Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019.
  9. Benko, Susana. "Opening of the Fundación Alejandro Otero-Mercedes Pardo". ArtNexus. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

Further reading



На других языках

[de] Mercedes Pardo

Mercedes Pardo (* 20. Juli 1921 in Caracas; † 24. März 2005 in San Antonio de Los Altos) war eine venezolanische Malerin.
- [en] Mercedes Pardo

[es] Mercedes Pardo (pintora)

Mercedes Pardo Ponte (Caracas, Venezuela, 29 de julio de 1921 - 25 de marzo de 2005) fue una pintora venezolana, reconocida como una de las más prestigiosas y representativas en el arte abstracto, especialmente en las décadas 1950 y 1960. Recibió el Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas, en 1978. [1]

[fr] Mercedes Pardo

Mercedes Pardo, née le 29 juillet 1921 à Caracas (Venezuela) et morte le 24 mars 2005[1] à San Antonio de los Altos (Venezuela), est une artiste vénézuélienne qui a développé une œuvre abstraite à travers différents media : essentiellement peinture, mais aussi gravure, collages, vitraux, émaux.


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