Rafaela Baroni
Rafaela Baroni Miliani (1 November 1935 – 8 March 2021), also known by the pseudonym aleafaR, was a Venezuelan sculptor, plastic artist, painter, poet, Actor and singer, self-taught whose work is oriented to her religious faith, and who, among others, received in 1989 the National Prize of Plastic Arts in the Popular Art category, and in 2005 the National Prize of Popular Culture, both awarded by the Venezuelan Ministry of Culture, as well as the Order of Andrés Bello in First Class in 2002. She is also recognized for her cultural contribution to the Trujillo state, due to the creation of the Museo del Espejo, the Ojos del Búho Cultural Center and the house museum El paraíso de Aleafar.
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Rafaela Baroni
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- Name
- Rafaela Baroni
- Birth Name
- Rafaela Baroni Miliani
- Born
- 1 November 1935
- Birthplace
- Mesa de Esnujaque, Urdaneta Municipality, Trujillo, Venezuela
- Died
- 8 March 2021
- Place of death
- Betijoque, Venezuela
- Awards
- the National Prize of Plastic Arts in the Popular Art category (1989), the National Prize of Popular Culture (2005), the Order of Andrés Bello in First Class (2002)
- Nationality
- Venezuela.
- Occupation
- plastic artist, sculptor, poet and actress.
- Movements
- naïve art.
- Honours
- Order of Andrés Bello and National Prize of Visual Arts of Venezuela.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Rafaela Baroni Miliani (1 November 1935 – 8 March 2021), also known by the pseudonym aleafaR, was a Venezuelan sculptor, plastic artist, painter, poet, Actor and singer, self-taught whose work is oriented to her religious faith, and who, among others, received in 1989 the National Prize of Plastic Arts in the Popular Art category, and in 2005 the National Prize of Popular Culture, both awarded by the Venezuelan Ministry of Culture, as well as the Order of Andrés Bello in First Class in 2002. She is also recognized for her cultural contribution to the Trujillo state, due to the creation of the Museo del Espejo, the Ojos del Búho Cultural Center and the house museum El paraíso de Aleafar.
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• Name — Rafaela Baroni • Birth Name — Rafaela Baroni Miliani • Born — 1 November 1935 • Birthplace — Mesa de Esnujaque, Urdaneta Municipality, Trujillo, Venezuela • Died — 8 March 2021 • Place of death — Betijoque, Venezuela • Awards — the National Prize of Plastic Arts in the Popular Art category (1989), the National Prize of Popular Culture (2005), the Order of Andrés Bello in First Class (2002)
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
She also worked under the name Aleafar. Her recorded language was Spanish. Her recorded confession was Catholicism.
Identity
Identity
Rafaela Baroni is recorded with the occupation plastic artist. Recorded as plastic artist, sculptor, poet and actress.
Life and career
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1935
Rafaela Baroni born at Trujillo.
2021
Rafaela Baroni died at Betijoque.
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Trujillo.
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Betijoque.
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Rafaela Baroni is recorded as having received Order of Andrés Bello and National Prize of Visual Arts of Venezuela.
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