Rosa Vicuña
Rosa Vicuña | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rosa Vicuña Lagarrigue 1925 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 14 August 2010 (aged 84–85) Santiago, Chile |
| Education | University of Chile, 1951 Columbia University School of the Arts |
| Occupations | |
| Father | Carlos Vicuña Fuentes |
| Relatives | Teresa Vicuña (sister) Cecilia Vicuña (niece) Leonora Vicuña (niece) Eliana Navarro (sister-in-law) |
| Awards | Altazor Award, 2001 |
Rosa Vicuña Lagarrigue (1925 – 14 August 2010) was a Chilean sculptor and educator.[1]
Early life and education
Vicuña was born in 1925 in Santiago, to Carlos Vicuña Fuentes, a writer, lawyer, teacher, and politician, and Teresa Lagarrigue Cádiz, a sculptor.[1][2][3] One of six children Vicuña was the younger sister of José Miguel Vicuña, a poet, writer and librarian, and Teresa Vicuña, a fellow sculptor and educator.[2][3][4][5] Vicuña was the aunt of Cecilia Vicuña, a poet and artist, and Leonora Vicuña, a photographer, film editor and educator.[6][7][8]
In 1951, Vicuña graduated from the Arts Faculty of the University of Chile.[9][10] In 1953, Vicuña studied printmaking at Columbia University School of the Arts.[1][10]
Career
Vicuña's early work was influenced by Cycladic and Pre-Columbian art.[11] Vicuña's is known to have been influenced by the 1941 book Art in Ancient Mexico: Selected and Photographed from the Collection of Diego Rivera' by Marie-Thérèse Pinto and Gilbert Médioni.[12] In 1961,[a] Vicuña became a professor of sculpture at the newly founded School of Fine Arts at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.[1][10]
In 1962, Vicuña was invited by the British Council to visit sculptors' studios in London and Edinburgh.[1][10] Upon returning to Chile Vicuña worked as an assistant to Paul Harris at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.[1][10]
In 2001, Vicuña was awarded the Altazor Award.[11]
Notes
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Rosa Vicuña". Artistas Visuales Chilenos (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Reseña Biográfica Carlos Vicuña Fuentes". Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
- 1 2 "La memoria: modelo para armar". Documents of Latin American and Latino Art. Houston, Texas: International Center for the Arts of the Americas at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
- ↑ "Vicuña, José Miguel". El Enamorado (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: El Enamorado Librería Anticuaria y Documentación de Vanguardias. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
- ↑ "Teresa Vicuña". Artistas Visuales Chilenos (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
- ↑ Mac Giolla Léith, Caoimhín. "'An Awareness of Disappearance': an Interview with Poet, Activist and Artist Cecilia Vicuña". Frieze. Archived from the original on 28 May 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
- ↑ López Montecinos, Carolina (11 August 2007). "Esta mañana falleció el escritor José Miguel Vicuña" [The Writer José Miguel Vicuña Died This Morning]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Vicuña, Leonora (Chilean photographer, born 1952)". Union List of Artists Names. Los Angeles, California: J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ Vicuña, Rosa (1966). "Rosa Vicuña". Anales de la Universidad de Chile (in Spanish). 139 (124). Santiago, Chile: Universidad de Chile: 196–202. doi:10.5354/0717-8883.1966.22992 (inactive 27 April 2026). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2026 (link) - 1 2 3 4 5 Coordinación Artística Latinoamericana (1971). Assler Garafulic Vial Vicuña esculturas (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Universidad de Chile. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Artista: Rosa Vicuña". MAVI UC (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Museo de Artes Visuales. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
- ↑ Muñoz, Ernesto (June–August 2015). "Geometric Art in Chile: The Long and Difficult Road to Acceptance". ArtNexus. 97. Bogotá; North Miami. Retrieved 7 March 2026.