Mercedes Pardo Explained

Mercedes Pardo
Birth Date:July 29, 1921
Birth Place:Caracas, Venezuela
Death Place:San Antonio de Los Altos, Venezuela
Field:Painting
Movement:Abstract Art
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    Mercedes Clementina Marta del Carmen Pardo Ponte,[1] known as Mercedes Pardo (July 29, 1921 – March 24, 2005) was a Venezuelan abstract art painter.[2] [3] [4] [5]

    Biography

    Pardo was born July 29, 1921 (or July 20, 1921, according to her obituary in El País[6]) in Caracas, Venezuela. By age 13 she began taking free classes at the Academia de Bellas Artes.[5]

    In 1941 she joined the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Aplicadas in Caracas.[4] She was active in painting, printmaking, and collage, and in 1991 the National Art Gallery in Caracas held an exhibition to review her work from 1941 to 1991.[7] [8]

    In 1945 she married Marco Bonta, a professor of stained glass and mural painting. Their marriage was short.[5]

    In 1947 she attended the Academy of Fine Arts of Santiago in Chile where she had her first one-woman show. In 1949 she moved to Paris and attended the École du Louvre.[5]

    In 1951 she married the painter Alejandro Otero.[5]

    She died on March 24, 2005, in San Antonio de Los Altos, Venezuela.[5]

    Legacy

    The Fundación Alejandro Otero-Mercedes Pardo was established in 2016. It is located at Alejandro Otero and Mercedes Pardo's house in San Antonio de Los Altos.[9]

    In 2023 her work was included in the exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in London.[10]

    Exhibitions[5]

    Awards[5]

    Further reading

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Mercedes Clementina Marta del Carmen Pardo Ponte. geni.com. 21 February 2016.
    2. Web site: Pardo Mercedes . Art&Art . 21 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303141554/http://www.artandartcollection.com/artist/54 . 3 March 2016 . dead .
    3. Web site: Mercedes Pardo. MutualArt.com. 21 February 2016.
    4. Book: Boudon. Lawrence. Handbook of Latin American Studies v. 58. 2002. 9780292709102. 68. 21 February 2016.
    5. Web site: Pardo, Mercedes. Wikihistoria del arte Venezolano. 23 December 2017.
    6. News: . Mercedes Pardo, pintora (obituary) . 28 March 2005 . 21 February 2016.
    7. Book: Puerto. Cecilia. Latin American Women Artists, Kahlo and Look who Else: A Selective, Annotated Bibliography. 1996. Greenwood. 9780313289347. 189.
    8. Web site: Mercedes Pardo : 1 x 9 / Margarita DAmico . es . Documents of Latin American and Latino Art . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190623222954/http://icaadocs.mfah.org/icaadocs/ELARCHIVO/RegistroCompleto/tabid/99/doc/1155959/language/es-MX/Default.aspx . 23 June 2019.
    9. Web site: Benko. Susana. Opening of the Fundación Alejandro Otero-Mercedes Pardo. ArtNexus. 23 December 2017.
    10. Web site: Action, Gesture, Paint . Whitechapel Gallery . 27 April 2023 . en.

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