Édgar Negret Explained

Édgar Negret Dueñas
Birth Date:	11 October 1920
Birth Place:	Popayán, Colombia
Death Place:	Bogotá, Colombia
Known For:	Sculpture
Training:	School of Fine Arts, Cali
Movement:	Abstract
Notable Works:	El Maíz

Édgar Negret Dueñas (October 11, 1920 – October 11, 2012^[1]) was a Colombian abstract sculptor.^[2]

Life

Negret was born in Popayán, Colombia. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Cali,^[3] 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.^{[4] [5]} By the early 1950s, he began working in metal in constructivist tradition.

In 1955, his art was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art.^[6] 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.^[7] In 2010, he was awarded “Grado de Oficial” by order of the Congress of Colombia.^[8] Negret died, on his 92nd birthday, in Bogotá, Colombia.

In 2016, Google Doodle commemorated his 96th birthday.^[9]

Recognitions and awards

• 1963 – XV Salón de Artistas Colombianos^[10]
• 1967 – XIX Salón de Artistas Colombianos^[11]
• 1968 – David E. Bright Sculpture Prize^[12]
• 1975 – Guggenheim Fellowship^[13]
• 1997 – Best International Artist at ARCO^[14]
• 1998 – Andrés Bello Order^[15]
• 2010 – Grado de Oficial by the Congress of Colombia^[16]

Selected works

• Sign for an Aquarium (Model) (1954), painted iron, Museum of Modern Art, New York City^[17]
• Aparato Mágico (1959), painted aluminium and wood, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington D.C.^[18]
• Edificio (1967), painted aluminium, Miguel Urrutia Art Museum, Bogotá^[19]
• The Bridge (Homage to Paul Foster) (1968), painted aluminum, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence^[20]
• Escalera (1972), painted aluminium, La Tertulia Museum, Cali^[21]
• Navegante (1972), painted metal, Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogotá, Bogotá^[22]
• Máscara (1974), painted aluminium and wood construction, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro^[23]
• Sol (1985), painted aluminium, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C.^[24]
• Cascada (1988), painted bronze, Bank of Spain, Madrid^[25]
• Anudamiento (1990), bolted sheet metal and paint, Casa de Nariño, Bogotá^[26]
• Navegantes (1990), painted aluminum, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach^[27]
• Serpiente Emplumada (1993), bolted sheet metal and paint, La Tertulia Museum, Cali^[28]
• Lake-Direction (1995), bolted sheet metal and paint, Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima, Lima^[29]
• Casa de la Serpiente (1996), painted aluminium, Grupo Sura, Medellín^[30]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. News: Falleció el escultor colombiano Édgar Negret . El Espectador . 12 October 2012 . 2012-10-12 . es.
2. Web site: Edgar Negret . Iadb.org . 2012-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121009070608/http://www.iadb.org/EXR/cultural/catalogues/Colombia/ennegret.htm . 2012-10-09 . dead . es.
3. Web site: Historia Belas Artes . Bellasartes.edu.co . 29 July 2020.
4. Web site: Edgar Negret. iadb.org. 2015-12-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20121009070608/http://www.iadb.org/EXR/cultural/catalogues/Colombia/ennegret.htm. 2012-10-09. dead.
5. Web site: Anita Shapolsky Gallery NYC. anitashapolskygallery.com. 2015-12-07. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111121063614/http://anitashapolskygallery.com/negret.html. 2011-11-21.
6. Web site: Colombianos Destacados . Colombia.com . 2012-10-13.
7. Web site: Edgar Negret, 90 años « Casa Museo Negret & MIAMP . Museonegret.wordpress.com . 2012-10-13 . 2016-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161020180829/https://museonegret.wordpress.com/edgar-negret-90-anos/ . dead .
8. Web site: http://elnuevosiglo.com.co/cultura/sociedad-y-cultura/20851-orden-del-congreso-en-grado-de-gran-oficial-al-escultor-caucano-edgar-negret.html . April 15, 2011 .
9. Web site: Edgar Negret's 96th birthday. 2016-10-11.
10. Web site: Edgar Negret. Regaleria. August 11, 2024.
11. Web site: Edgar Negret. Artnexus. August 14, 2024.
12. Web site: Edgar Negret. Regaleria. August 11, 2024.
13. Web site: Edgar Negret. 1975. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. August 9, 2024.
14. Web site: Edgar Negret. Artnexus. August 14, 2024.
15. Web site: Edgar Negret. Artnexus. August 14, 2024.
16. Web site: Edgar Negret. Regaleria. August 11, 2024.
17. Web site: Édgar Negret - Sign for an Aquarium (Model). moma.org. Museum of Modern Art. 11 August 2024 . New York City, USA . English .
18. Web site: Edgar Negret AMA's Permanent Collection Artist Series. amamuseum.blogspot.com. Art Museum of the Americas. 12 August 2024 . Washington D.C., USA . English . 20 December 2012.
19. Web site: Edificio - Escultura. banrepcultural.org . Banco de la República de Colombia. 11 August 2024 . Bogotá, Colombia . Spanish . 1990.
20. Web site: Edgar Negret The Bridge (Homage to Paul Foster). risdmuseum.org . Rhode Island School of Design Museum. 11 August 2024 . Providence, USA . English .
21. Web site: Gran máscara. Escalera. artsandculture.google.com. Google Arts & Culture. 11 August 2024 . Cali, Colombia . Spanish .
22. Web site: Navegante. artsandculture.google.com. Google Arts & Culture. 11 August 2024 . Bogotá, Colombia . Spanish .
23. Web site: Máscara. artsandculture.google.com. Google Arts & Culture. 11 August 2024 . Rio de Janeiro, Brazil . English .
24. Web site: Sol (Sun). 11 August 2024 . Washington D.C., USA . English .
25. Web site: Cascada. coleccion.bde.es . Banco de España. 11 August 2024 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish .
26. Web site: ARTE . casanarino.presidencia.gov.co/arte.html. Casa de Nariño. 11 August 2024 . Bogotá, Colombia . Spanish . 2023.
27. Web site: Navegantes. artsandculture.google.com. Google Arts & Culture. 11 August 2024 . Long Beach, USA . English .
28. Web site: Serpiente Emplumada. artsandculture.google.com. Google Arts & Culture. 11 August 2024 . Cali, Colombia . Spanish .
29. Web site: Lake-Direction. Google Arts & Culture. 11 August 2024 . Lima, Peru . English .
30. Web site: Casa de la serpiente. Sura.com. 11 August 2024 . Medellín, Colombia . Spanish .