Carmen Herrera: Cuban painter and sculptor
Carmen Herrera (May 31, 1915 – February 13, 2022) was a Cuban-American abstract, minimalist painter.
She was born in Havana. She lived in New York City beginning in the mid-1950s. Herrera's abstract works brought her international recognition late in life.
Carmen Herrera | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 31, 1915 |
| Died | February 13, 2022 (aged 106) |
| Nationality | Cuban-American |
| Known for | Painting |
| Style | Minimalism |
| Movement | Abstract Expressionism |
Herrera became known for her landscape abstract art based in Cuba such as Blanco y Verde (1959) which depicts landscape of the Cuban oceanside. Some of her work appears at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C..
Herrera showed her art many times at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles beginning in 1949.
She turned 100 in May 2015. Herrera died at her Manhattan apartment on February 13, 2022 at the age of 106.
References
Other websites
- The 100 Years Show website, about Carmen Herrera turning 100 years old, by film director Allison Klaymen
- "Slideshow of Carmen Herrera's artwork", from a New York Times article dated December 20, 2009
- "At 94, She’s the Hot New Thing in Painting", a New York Times article about Carmen Herrera dated December 19, 2009
- Lisson Gallery: Carmen Herrera.
- "Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art" Archived 2016-03-31 at the Wayback Machine at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Carmen Ramos, curator of Latino art, discusses the exhibition and the participation of Carmen Herrera with her painting "Blanco y Verde"(1960) dated September 13, 2013
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