Adela Neffa (June 15, 1922 – June 9, 2019) was an

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-born

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an sculptor.

Biography

Of Lebanese origin, Neffa and her parents moved from Argentina to

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. In 1942 she was admitted to the Escuela de Artes Plásticas in Montevideo. She left in 1949 and began a course with professor

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. This was followed by sculpture courses with professors Severino Pose, Armando González and Eduardo Yepes at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes from where she graduated in 1955.Di Maggio, Nelson. Artes visuales en Uruguay: diccionario crítico. Montevideo, 2013 In 1961, she won the Carlos María Herrera municipal scholarship through a merit contest, with which she traveled to Europe in 1962 and studied sculpture at the

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in Paris with the sculptor George Adams.Plásticos uruguayos v2. Montevideo: Biblioteca del Palacio Legislativo, 1975 In 1963, Neffa worked in the Taller (studio) of

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in Lebanon. From 1966 to 1982 Neffa taught sculpture at the Escuela de Artes aplicadas of the Universidad del Trabajo del Uruguay in Montevideo.Galería Latina. a.neffa. Montevideo: Galería Latina, 1975

References

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