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Alicia Perez Penalba

Alicia Perez Penalba (1913 - 1982) was active/lived in Argentina, France.  Alicia Penalba is known for Vertical geometric forms sculpture in bronze and stone.

An early emancipation

Alicia Rosario Pérez Penalba was born on August 9th, 1913 in San Pedro, in the province of Buenos Aires, where she lived with her family for two years. Her parents were both Spaniards (Santiago Pérez and Remedios Penalba). Her father, worked for Ferrocariles Argentinos, the reason that led the family to itinerate among various cities in Cuyo region, Patagonia and Chile. The impressive and contrasting nature of that area would later greatly impact her sculptural work.

At the early age of 15, Alicia Penalba made her utmost possible plea to move out from her home to study Art in Buenos Aires but also to and escape the yoke of her father. She therefore wrote a letter to the governor of the San Juan Province to ask for a scholarship. Although he couldn’t provide her with the coveted Sesam (suspended for economic reasons), he recommended her for a job at the San Juan’s Vital Records Office.

It was the first step to her emancipation and the mark of   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7301 characters.]  Artist bio

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