Amalia Polleri Explained

Amalia Polleri
Birth Date:	26 June 1909
Birth Place:	Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupation:	Teacher, artist, poet, journalist, art critic
Mother:	Fanny Carrió

Amalia Polleri de Viana (26 June 1909 – 18 June 1996) was a Uruguayan teacher, artist, poet, journalist, and art critic.

Biography

Amalia Polleri devoted herself to painting, sculpture, engraving, poetry, and storytelling. She was a teacher of drawing and defender of women's rights. She wrote for La República, El Diario, La Mañana, Brecha, and other print media. She also worked in radio journalism.^[1] She received the from B'nai B'rith Uruguay.^[2]

She was a teacher of secondary education at the and (UTU).^[1]

Polleri died on 18 June 1996, at the age of 86.^[3]

In 2013, an exhibition was held at the that reviewed part of her work.^[4]

Awards

Polleri won 1st prize in drawing and engraving at the 1942 National Salon for her drawing El niño loco.^[5] In 1995 she received the Gold Candelabrum Award from the Jewish organization B'nai Brith in recognition of her career.^{[2] [6]}

Works

• El niño loco (drawing, First Prize Drawing and Engraving, National Salon 1942)
• El lenguaje gráfico plástico: manual para docentes estudiantes y artistas, Amalia Polleri, María Celia Rovira, and Brenda Lissardy.
• Arte y Comunicación visual. Metodología y dimensión futura (1994) with Amalia Polleri and María Celia Rovira^[7]

External links

• Los Elementos Fundamentales de la Expresión Gráfico – Plástica . The Fundamental Elements of Graphic Expression – Plastic . Polleri de Viana . Amalia . Annales del Instituto de Profesores Artigas . 9 . Spanish . 1964 . issuu.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Amalia Polleri . Galeria Sur . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407103423/http://www.galeriasur.com.uy/polleri.swf . 7 April 2014 . dead. 16 November 2017.
2. Web site: Premio Fraternidad y Premio Candelabro de oro . B'nai B'rith Uruguay . Spanish . 16 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151024122020/http://bnaibrith.org.uy/categorias/actos-centrales/contenidos/premio-fraternidad-y-premio-candelabro-de-oro . 24 October 2015 . dead .
3. Book: Fuentes Álvarez, Gabriela . Protagonistas y olvidadas: de la mujer de la independencia a la independencia de la mujer . Protagonists and Forgotten: From the Women of Independence to the Independence of Women . Ediciones Orbe Libros . 9789974661431 . 144 . Spanish . 2008 . 16 November 2017 . Google Books.
4. Web site: Pinturas, diseño y artes aplicadas de Amalia Polleri . Paintings, design, and applied arts by Amalia Polleri . Museo Gurvich . Spanish . 16 November 2017.
5. Book: Salon Nacional. Sexta Exposición Anual de Bellas Artes . National Salon. Sixth Annual Fine Arts Exhibition . Ministry of Public Instruction. National Commission of Fine Art . Montevideo . 30 . Spanish . 1942 . 30 June 2016.
6. Web site: Amalia Polleri, rebelde con causa(s) . Amalia Polleri, Rebel With Cause(s) . Villar . Isabel . LaRed21 . Spanish . 26 March 2006 . 16 November 2017.
7. Web site: User . Super . Arte Activo - Artistas Visuales de Uruguay - Polleri, Amalia . 2024-05-25 . Arte Activo - Artistas Visuales de Uruguay . es-es.