Myrna Báez

Myrna Báez was an American painter, educator, printmaker, lithographer and artist (1931–2018). She was born at Santurce and died at San Juan.

Also recorded as Báez, Myrna, 1931-2018.

Myrna Báez in brief

Born
1931
Died
2018
Known for
painter, educator, printmaker, lithographer and artist
Place of birth
Santurce
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Identity and origins

She also worked under the name Baez, Myrna. The authorities additionally record the heading Báez, Myrna, 1931-2018.

Formation and teaching

Myrna Báez studied at Pratt Institute, University of Puerto Rico, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando.

Recognition and collections

Work by Myrna Báez is held by Museum of Modern Art, Print Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.

Catalogued works

2 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Platanal, dated 1974, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 2013.21. El Yunque (Rainforest), dated mid 20th century, engraving on plexiglass, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 59.618.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

Smithsonian American Art Museum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Báez, Myrna, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Myrna Báez: Her Art and Her Identity, Anthurium A Caribbean Studies Journal, 2007.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 7 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Myrna Báez studied at Pratt Institute, University of Puerto Rico and Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.

Employment is recorded with Sacred Heart University.

Works named in the authority record are Platanal.

Work by Myrna Báez is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Print Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives and Smithsonian Institution.

Chronology

  1. 1931Myrna Báez born at Santurce.
  2. 1974Platanal (Smithsonian American Art Museum).
  3. 2018Myrna Báez died at San Juan.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Báez, Myrna, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Myrna Báez: Her Art and Her Identity, Anthurium A Caribbean Studies Journal, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection record associated with Myrna Báez (1 object).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  4. 4.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q19478939: Myrna Báez

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  5. 5.

    “Myrna Báez”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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