Édgar Negret

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Édgar Negret Dueñas
Born	(1920-10-11)October 11, 1920 Popayán, Colombia
Died	October 11, 2012(2012-10-11) (aged 92) Bogotá, Colombia
Education	School of Fine Arts, Cali
Known for	Sculpture
Notable work	El Maíz
Movement	Constructivism

Édgar Negret Dueñas (October 11, 1920 – October 11, 2012) was a Colombian abstract sculptor.

Life

Negret was born in Popayán, Colombia. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Cali, Colombia, where he started his first studies in the year 1938 with the founder and teacher Jesus Maria Espinosa. Initially working in stone in styles reminiscent of European modernists like Jean Arp and Constantin Brâncuși. By the early 1950s, he began working in metal in constructivist tradition.

In 1955, his art was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art. In 1963, he won the Salón de Artistas Colombianos, and therein became one of the most prominent Colombian sculptors of the 20th century. In 1968, he was awarded the David E. Bright Sculpture Prize, at the Thirty-fourth Venice Biennial. In 1985, the Museum Negret opened. In 2010, he was awarded “Grado de Oficial” by order of the Congress of Colombia.^{[citation needed]} Negret died, on his 92nd birthday, in Bogotá, Colombia.

In 2016, Google Doodle commemorated his 96th birthday.

Recognitions and awards

• 1963 – XV Salón de Artistas Colombianos
• 1967 – XIX Salón de Artistas Colombianos
• 1968 – David E. Bright Sculpture Prize
• 1975 – Guggenheim Fellowship
• 1997 – Best International Artist at ARCO
• 1998 – Andrés Bello Order
• 2010 – Grado de Oficial by the Congress of Colombia

Gallery

• 
  Gran Máscara (Escalera) (1972), Cali, Colombia
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  Flor Sanky (1991), Bogotá, Colombia
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  No title (1992), Valencia, Spain
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  Sol rojo (1995), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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  El Maíz (1996), Sonsón, Colombia
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  La gran cascada (2000), Bogotá, Colombia
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  El sol (2005), Rionegro, Colombia
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  Various sculptures by Édgar Negret in La Tertulia Museum

Selected works

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edgar Negret.

• Lucie-Smith, Edward (1993). "8". Latin American Art. Thames and Hudson. pp. 131–133. ISBN 9780500202609.
• "Interview: EDGARD NEGRET", Mario Pachajoa Burbano, Septiembre 15, 1999
• Colombia.com - EDGAR NEGRET (Artista Plástico)
• "Edgar Negret", La Prenza Libre, 10/08/10
• "Edgar Negret - Colombian Sculptor". The Art Reference. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 2013-06-18.