Noemí Gerstein
Noemí Gerstein (November 10, 1910 – June 14, 1996) was an Argentine sculptor, illustrator and plastic artist. Born November 10, 1910, in Buenos Aires, where she continued to live and work. In 1934, she began training under Alfredo Bigatti In the 1950s, she received a government grant to travel to France, where she studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris under the tutelage of Ossip Zadkine.
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- Name
- Noemí Gerstein
- Born
- November 10, 1910
- Birthplace
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Died
- 14 June 1996
- Known for
- Sculpture Illustration Plastic art
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Occupation
- sculptor · illustrator
- Education
- Académie de la Grande Chaumière
- Honours
- Konex Award
- Languages
- Spanish
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Noemí Gerstein (November 10, 1910 – June 14, 1996) was an Argentine sculptor, illustrator and plastic artist. Born November 10, 1910, in Buenos Aires, where she continued to live and work. In 1934, she began training under Alfredo Bigatti In the 1950s, she received a government grant to travel to France, where she studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris under the tutelage of Ossip Zadkine.
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Biography
In 1952, Gerstein was one of the winners of the Institute of Contemporary Arts' design competition for the Unknown Political Prisoner Monument. Gerstein's works were predominantly abstract, and she "experimented with new materials." She had a preference for metallic constructions, such as Constellation (1963), which used small pieces of tubing. She died June 14, 1996.
Noemí Gerstein studied at Académie de la Grande Chaumière. The recorded working language is Spanish. Work by Noemí Gerstein is recorded in the collections of National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina and Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende. Distinctions recorded are Konex Award.
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Key facts
• Name — Noemí Gerstein • Born — November 10, 1910 • Birthplace — Buenos Aires, Argentina • Died — 14 June 1996 • Place of death — Buenos Aires, Argentina • Known for — Sculpture Illustration Plastic art
Selected works
Selected works
• Monumento al prisionero político desconocido (1953) • Madre e hijo (1953) • Maternidad (1954) • La familia (En ocasiones llamada "El Oráculo") (1960) • El samurai (1961) • Los amantes (1961) • Nacimiento (1961) • Goliath (1961–62) • Meteorito (1969) • Achiras (1973) • L’Art et L’Homme (1974) • Seoane Músicos • Milagro de la vida • Seres híbridos (1978)
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1908
Noemí Gerstein born at Buenos Aires.
1996
Noemí Gerstein died at Buenos Aires.
Awards
• 1982, Konex Foundation Platinum Award - non-figurative sculpture
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- 1.Sanjurjo, Annick. Contemporary Latin American Artists: Exhibitions at the Organization of American States 1941-1964. Scarecrow Press. 1997.
- 2.Tierney, Helen. Women's Studies Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. 844–. 1 January 1999. 978-0-313-31072-0.
- 3.Chase, Gilbert. Contemporary art in Latin America: painting, graphic art, sculpture, architecture. Free Press. 162. 1 January 1970.
- 4.Turner, Jane. Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean art. Oxford University Press. 2000.
- 5.Haddon Craftsmen, Inc. American Jewish Yearbook: A Record of Events and Trends in American and World Jewish Life. 1996. 0-87495-110-0.
- 6.Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Record for 'Abstracts vs. Figuratives; Geometric and Constructive Utopias'. Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art.
- 7.11 Women Artists to Know from Wikipedia's Edit-a-thon ArtSlant. ArtSlant.
- 8.Konex Foundation. Noemí Gerstein.
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Noemí Gerstein received Konex Award. Recorded as having received Konex Award.
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National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina and Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende
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