Pelaez, Amelia

Title

Pelaez, Amelia

Birth Date:

1897

Death Date:

1968

Image:

Pelaez, Amelia
Muchacha/Portrait
1931
Oil on canvas
70 x 61 cm
Private Collection, Costa Rica

Nationality:

Cuba

Dates in Paris:

1927-1934

Address in Paris:

11, avenue Junot XVIIIe (Montmartre)

Schools

Académie de la Grand Chaumière (1928); École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (painting); L’Ecole du Louvre (Art History); Leger's Académie Contemporaine (1931); Alexandra Exter-composition and color harmony (summer 1931)

Exhibitions:

1933 (Apr. 28-May 12) Galerie Zak
1933 Salon des Tuileries
1933-34 (Dec. 26-Jan. 6) Exposition de Livres Manuscrits Galerie Myrbor (illustrated Sept Poémes by Leon Paul Fargue)
1934 XI Salon des Indépendents

Government Grant:

yes-to study foreign museums (1927-1931)

Citation

“Pelaez, Amelia,” Transatlantic Encounters: Latin American Artists in Interwar Paris, accessed November 21, 2024, https://transatlanticencounters.rrchnm.org/items/show/4656.

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