Gina Pellon - Artist Info

About Gina Pellon

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    Gina Pellon (December 26, 1926 – March 27, 2014) was a Cuban painter who lived in France. She was known for her abstract expression paintings* in strong colours, usually depicting women. She also wrote collections of poems.

    Born in Cumanayagua, Las Villas she graduated from the Academy of San Alejandro* in 1954, and taught at the Velado Polytechnic Institute, until 1957. In 1959, she studied in France, and overstayed her visa, fleeing from the Cuban dictatorship of Fidel Castro, and in 1960 she made her first solo exhibition in Luzern, Switzerland.

    She lived in Paris where she became involved with the COBRA* group.

    Pellon remained in Paris for the rest of her life. She died on March 27, 2014.


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