Édgar Negret facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Édgar Negret
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| Born | October 11, 1920 Popayán, Colombia
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| Died | October 11, 2012 (aged 92) |
| Education | School of Fine Arts, Cali |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Movement | Abstract |
| Awards | “Grado de Oficial” |
Édgar Negret (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. Negret died, on his 92nd birthday, in Bogotá, Colombia.
In 2016, Google Doodle commemorated his 96th birthday.
Selected works
- El Maíz
See also
In Spanish: Edgar Negret para niños
