Lía Bermúdez (4 August 1930 – 22 October 2021) was a Venezuelan

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. Bermúdez was born in

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. She began her studies at the School of Applied Arts in Caracas (1944–1946) and moved to

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. There in 1947, she continued her studies at the Escuela de Bellas Artes. She was a student of the masters Francisco Narváez and Julio Maragall. Major exhibitions: Centro de Bellas Artes, Maracaibo, Zulia State, 1957, Ateneo de Valencia, Carabobo State, 1966, Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America,

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, 1979, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, 1989. In 1992, this museum presented a retrospective of her work. She was awarded the Order of the Liberator Knighthood, an award from the University of

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, Zulia Governor's Award, Order of Maracaibo City in the first class, Order of Francisco de Miranda, Ana Maria Campos decoration and the

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2006 amongst others. She died at her home in Caracas on 22 October 2021, aged 91.

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Lia Bermudez foundation
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