Elizabeth Catlett

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Elizabeth Catlett (also Elizabeth Catlett Mora ; born April 15, 1915 in Washington, DC , † April 2, 2012 in Cuernavaca , Mexico ) was an American - Mexican artist.

biography

Catlett studied until 1936 at Howard University in Washington, DC, where he obtained a " Bachelor of Arts " degree . She then studied at the University of Iowa , where she graduated in 1940 with a Master of Arts degree. She then studied ceramics at the Art Institute of Chicago . She also studied lithography at the Art Students League and sculpture with Ossip Zadkine , both in New York . She later taught sculpture at Prairie View College in Texas , Williard University in New Orleans, and the Hampton Institute in Virginia, and was a lecturer in ceramics at Jefferson School in New York . From 1929 she studied drawing and painting at the just from the Academia de San Carlos emerged Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (ENAP) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In 1949 she moved to Mexico and joined the Taller de Grafica Popular (Workshop of Folk Graphics, TGP). In 1962, Catlett was granted Mexican citizenship. She married Francisco Mora and had three children. From 1955 to 1966 she headed the ENAP College. From 1963 to 1965 she acted as Secretary General of Taller de Grafica Popular. She has received numerous international awards, including first prize at the American Negro Exhibition in Chicago and second prize for graphics at the University of Atlanta . A central theme of Catlett's work is Afro-American culture and identity. Catlett is an honorary doctorate from six universities. In 2002 she was elected a member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design in New York .

literature

  • Helga Prignitz: TGP. A graphic artist collective in Mexico from 1937–1977. Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-922005-12-8
  • Helga Prignitz-Poda: Taller de Gráfica Popular. Folk graphic art workshop. Posters and leaflets on the labor movement and trade unions in Mexico 1937–1986. Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-935656-10-6
  • Melanie Anne Herzog: Elizabeth Catlett an American Artist in Mexico, 2000 by the University of Washington Press, ISBN 0-295-97940-2
  • Samella Lewis: The Art of Elizabeth Catlett, Los Angeles, 1984, ISBN 0-941248-06-2 (HC), ISBN 0-941248-07-0 (SC)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sculptor and graphic artist Elizabeth Catlett has died
  2. ↑ nationalacademy.org: National Academicians: Catlett, Elizabeth, NA 2002 ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 18, 2015)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nationalacademy.org

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personal data
SURNAME Catlett, Elizabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Catlett Mora, Elizabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Mexican artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 2012
Place of death Cuernavaca , Morelos , Mexico