Sonia Ebling (1918–2006) was a Brazilian sculptor and teacher.

Biography

Born in

Taquara Taquara is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Taquara is located 72 kilometers (44 miles) from Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its popul ...

, Ebling began her art studies in painting and sculpture, in the Schools of Fine Arts of Rio Grande do Sul and Rio de Janeiro between 1944 and 1951. In 1955, she received the Award for Foreign Travel from National Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro for the sculpture ''Woman and Bird''. She remained in Europe until 1968, studying with Ossip Zadkine in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, and getting a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. She exhibited at major events such as the Salon de la Jeune Sculpture at the

Rodin Museum The Rodin Museum is an art museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that contains one of the largest collections of sculptor Auguste Rodin's works outside Paris. Opened in 1929, the museum is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. T ...

, the Art Biennial Tri-Veneta of Padua, the Salon de Réalités Nouvelles and the Salon des Petits Bronzes of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. Eblin represented Brazil in Documenta of Kassel, and participated in the seventh Bienal of São Paulo. Returning to Brazil, she received an order for a relief to be installed in the Palace of the Arches in Brasilia. In 1970, she taught a course in cement sculpture at the School of Fine Arts at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; six years later, she was invited to assume the chair of sculpture at the same university. Her work in cement includes the adding of oxide pigments and vegetable fibers, creating a durable and adaptable piece of art characterized as both a painting and a sculpture. She died in 2006.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ebling, Sonia 1918 births 2006 deaths Brazilian women sculptors People from Taquara 20th-century Brazilian sculptors 20th-century Brazilian women artists Brazilian expatriates in France