Édgar Negret (October 11, 1920 – October 11, 2012) was a Colombian
abstract sculptor.
Life
Negret was born in
Popayán
Popayán () is the capital of the Colombian department of Cauca. It is located in southwestern Colombia between the Western Mountain Range and Central Mountain Range. It has a population of 318,059 people, an area of 483 km2, is locate ...
,
Colombia. He attended the School of Fine Arts in
Cali, 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.
By the early 1950s, he began working in metal in
constructivist tradition.
In 1955, his art was acquired by the
Museum of Modern Art
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It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...
.
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.
In 2010, he was awarded “Grado de Oficial” by order of the
Congress of Colombia
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.
Negret died, on his 92nd birthday, in
Bogotá, Colombia.
In 2016,
Google Doodle
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commemorated his 96th birthday.
Selected works
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References
External links
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"Interview: EDGARD NEGRET" Mario Pachajoa Burbano, Septiembre 15, 1999
Colombia.com - EDGAR NEGRET (Artista Plástico)
''La Prenza Libre'', 10/08/10
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1920 births
2012 deaths
Modern sculptors
Colombian sculptors
People from Cauca Department
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