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Edgar Negret BIOGRAPHY
1920 Popayan, Columbia, South America - 2012 Botota, Columbia, South America. Known for: Abstract sculpture.
Edgar Negret was born in Popayan, Colombia where he attended the School of Fine Arts in Cali, Colombia. Initially he worked in stone in styles reminiscent of European modernists like Jean Arp and... Read full biography
Edgar Negret was born in Popayan, Colombia where he attended the School of Fine Arts in Cali, Colombia. Initially he worked in stone in styles reminiscent of European modernists like Jean Arp and Constantin Brancusi, but by the early 1950s, he began working in metal in constructivist tradition. In... Read full biography
Edgar Negret was born in Popayan, Colombia where he attended the School of Fine Arts in Cali, Colombia. Initially he worked in stone in styles reminiscent of European modernists like Jean Arp and Constantin Brancusi, but by the early 1950s, he began working in metal in constructivist tradition. In 1955, his art was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art. In 1963, he won the Salon de Artistas Colombianos, and therein became one of the most prominent Colombian sculptors of the 20th century. In... Read full biography
Edgar Negret was born in Popayan, Colombia where he attended the School of Fine Arts in Cali, Colombia. Initially he worked in stone in styles reminiscent of European modernists like Jean Arp and Constantin Brancusi, but by the early 1950s, he began working in metal in constructivist tradition. In 1955, his art was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art. In 1963, he won the Salon 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. Negret died, on his 92nd birthday, in... Read full biography
Edgar Negret was born in Popayan, Colombia where he attended the School of Fine Arts in Cali, Colombia. Initially he worked in stone in styles reminiscent of European modernists like Jean Arp and Constantin Brancusi, but by the early 1950s, he began working in metal in constructivist tradition. In 1955, his art was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art. In 1963, he won the Salon 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. Negret died, on his 92nd birthday, in Bogota, Colombia.... Read full biography
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Edgar Negret was born in Popayan, Colombia where he attended the School of Fine Arts in Cali, Colombia.
Initially he worked in stone in styles reminiscent of European modernists like Jean Arp and Constantin Brancusi, but by the early 1950s, he began working in metal in constructivist tradition.
In 1955, his art was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art. In 1963, he won the Salon 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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