Izcue, Elena

Title

Izcue, Elena

Birth Date:

1889

Death Date:

1970

Image:

Izcue, Elena
Design
ca. 1928-1936
Mixed technique on Paper, 33.1 x 25.7 cm

Nationality:

Peru

Dates in Paris:

1927-1938

Schools

Studied printmaking with Andrée Karpelès de Högman;Leger's Académie Contemporaine (1933-1934); Atelier Montparnasse (with Marcel Gromaire); Jean Darua(ca. 1938); Académie André Lhote

Exhibitions:

1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (Peru Pavilion)

Government Grant:

Yes (2 years)

Notes:

Izcue, Elena. El arte peruano en la escuela; L’art péruvien à l’école; Peruvian art in the school. París: Editorial excelsior, 1926.

Levillier, Jean. Paracas, A Contribution to the Study of Pre-Incaic Textiles in Ancient Perú. Paris: Libreria hispano-americana, 1928. (illustrations by Elena Izcue)

Interior design, graphic arts, applied arts, textile design, ceramics, fashion

Incorporated pre-Columbian motifs in her work

Citation

“Izcue, Elena,” Transatlantic Encounters: Latin American Artists in Interwar Paris, accessed March 29, 2024, https://transatlanticencounters.rrchnm.org/items/show/5249.

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