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Édgar Negret (October 11, 1920 – October 11, 2012[1]) was a Colombian abstract sculptor.[2]

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”

Life

Negret was born in Popayán, Colombia. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Cali,[3] Colombia, where he started his first studies in the year 1938 with the founder and teacher Jesus Maria Espinosa. Initially working in stone in styles reminiscent of European modernists like Jean Arp and Constantin Brâncuși.[4][5] By the early 1950s, he began working in metal in constructivist tradition.

In 1955, his art was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art.[6] 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.[7] In 2010, he was awarded “Grado de Oficial” by order of the Congress of Colombia.[8] Negret died, on his 92nd birthday, in Bogotá, Colombia.

In 2016, Google Doodle commemorated his 96th birthday.[9]

Selected works

• El Maíz

References

External links

• Lucie-Smith, Edward (1993). "8". Latin American Art. Thames and Hudson. pp. 131–133. ISBN 9780500202609.
• "Interview: EDGARD NEGRET", Mario Pachajoa Burbano, Septiembre 15, 1999
• Colombia.com - EDGAR NEGRET (Artista Plástico)
• "Edgar Negret", La Prenza Libre, 10/08/10
• "Edgar Negret - Colombian Sculptor". The Art Reference. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 2013-06-18.

На других языках

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[de] Edgar Negret

Edgar Negret (* 11. Oktober 1920 in Popayán, Kolumbien; † 11. Oktober 2012 in Bogotá[1]) war ein kolumbianischer Bildhauer und wichtiger Vertreter der Abstrakten Bildhauerei in Lateinamerika und Künstler des Neuen Konstruktivismus.

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- [en] Édgar Negret

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[es] Edgar Negret

Edgar Negret Dueñas (Popayán, 11 de octubre de 1920-Bogotá, 11 de octubre de 2012) fue un escultor abstracto colombiano. Junto con Hugo Martínez González y Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar, introdujeron la escultura abstraccionista y geométrica en Colombia a mediados del siglo XX. Sus obras se caracterizan por un amplio uso del hierro y el aluminio como material estructural y formal, uniendo sus láminas y partes mediante tuercas y tornillos. Sus esculturas se caracterizan asimismo por el uso de elementos geométricos y por el rigor compositivo. Existen varias esculturas suyas en el espacio público de Bogotá, Medellín, Popayán y Valencia.[1][2][3]

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[fr] Edgar Negret

Edgar Negret Dueñas, né à Popayán (Colombie) le 11 octobre 1920[1] et mort le 11 octobre 2012 à Bogota[2], jour de ses 92 ans, est un sculpteur colombien.

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[it] Edgar Negret

Édgar Negret Dueñas (Popayán, 11 ottobre 1920 – Bogotà, 11 ottobre 2012) è stato uno scultore colombiano.

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