Laura Rodig
Laura Rodig Pizarro (born June 7, 1901 in Los Andes ; † October 29, 1972 in Santiago de Chile ) was a Chilean sculptor and painter.
Rodig studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes with Pedro Felipe Iñíguez , the husband of the sculptor Rebeca Matte . In 1917 she became professor of drawing at the Liceo de Punta Arenas , which was headed by the writer Gabriela Mistral . With this they had a lifelong friendship. She toured Mexico with her from 1922–24, where she met Diego Rivera , José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros .
She later joined a group of art students and teachers who traveled to Europe on grants from the Chilean government and became known as the Generación del Veintiocho . At the Académie André Lothe in París, she studied applied art, decorative painting and graphics.
In 1927 she was appointed representative of the Salón Oficial de Santiago and began teaching at the Escuela Normal . In 1930 she was one of the founders of the Asociación Chilena de Pintores y Escultores . She was particularly interested in the indigenous roots of Chilean art and history. From 1941 to 1942 she drew maps on the geographic economy for the magazine El Cabrito . In her final years she was a professor of sculpture and an art educator at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes , where she organized the first exhibition for children's art.
Rodig's works are owned by the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes , the Museo de Arte Contempráneo , the Universidad de Chile and the Museo de Arte y Artesanía in Linares. Her sculptures can be found in cemeteries and public places in Chile, Mexico and Israel.
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| SURNAME | Rodig, Laura |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rodig Pizarro, Laura (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean sculptor and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Andes |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1972 |
| Place of death | Santiago de Chile |