Manuel Felguérez
Manuel Felguérez (born December 12, 1928 in Valparaíso , † June 8, 2020 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican sculptor and painter.
biography
Felguérez was born on the San Agustín del Vergel estate in the municipality of Valparaíso . He studied at the La Esmeralda art academy , at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), which emerged from the Academia de San Carlos , and later at the Académie Colarossi as a scholarship holder of the French government in Paris .
He belonged to the first generation of abstract Mexican artists and created numerous paintings , sculptures and reliefs at home and abroad , whose geometric shapes are characteristic of him. In addition, he continued his academic training at Cornell University in 1967 and Harvard University in 1975 . He became a member of the Academia de Artes in 1974 and after his return from the United States he researched at the Institute for Aesthetic Research at UNAM until retirement in 1990 .
He died at home in June 2020 at the age of 91 as a result of a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Awards
- 1975: Honorary award at the XIII. Biennial of São Paulo
- 1988: National Art Prize (Mexico)
- 1993: "Creador Emérito" of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte
Web links
- Literature by and about Manuel Felguérez in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
- Literature by and about Manuel Felguérez in the catalog of the German National Library
- Manuel Felguérez (including exhibition overview) (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ^ Academia de Artes: Escultura - Manuel Felguérez
- ↑ Muere Manuel Felguérez, un grande del arte abstracto mexicano. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
- ↑ The Mexican artist Manuel Felguérez is dead , deutschlandfunkkultur.de cultural news from June 9, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Felguérez, Manuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican sculptor and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valparaíso |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 2020 |
| Place of death | Mexico City |