Cabrera, Lydia
Title
Cabrera, Lydia
Birth Date:
1899
Death Date:
1991
Image:
Alexandra Exter's illustration for Cabrera's unpublished story: Arere Marekén: cuento negro (p. 33)
Nationality:
Cuba
Dates in Paris:
1927-1929
Address in Paris:
Montmartre
Schools
Ecole du Louvre (oriental art); Ecole des Beaux-Arts; 1931 Leger's Académie Contemporaine
Exhibitions:
1933-34 (Dec. 26-Jan. 6) Exposition de Livres Manuscrits Galerie Myrbor (Alexandra Exter illustrated Cabrera's unpublished story: Arere Marekén: cuento negro)
Contacts:
Alexandra Exter
Government Grant:
no-ran an antique store (Casa Alyds) to raise money for trip
Notes:
burned all her canvases and turned to writing
Cabrera, Lydia. Arere Marekén: cuento negro, D.F. : Artes de México ; Miami: En colaboración con la Universidad de Miami, 1999. (Illustrations by Alexandra Exter). Facsimile edition, originally published in 1933.
Collection
Citation
“Cabrera, Lydia,” Transatlantic Encounters: Latin American Artists in Interwar Paris, accessed April 26, 2024, https://transatlanticencounters.rrchnm.org/items/show/4480.