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Amelia (y del Casal) Pelaez

Amelia (y del Casal) Pelaez (1896 - 1968) was active/lived in Cuba, France.  Amelia Pelaez is known for Avant-garde, abstract painting.

Amelia Peláez del Casal (5 January 1896 - 8 April 1968) was an important Cuban painter of the avant-garde generation.

Amelia was born in 1896 in Yaguajay, in the former Cuban province of Las Villas (now Sancti Spíritus Province). In 1915, her family moved to Havana, to the La Víbora district, and this gave her the opportunity to enter the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" at the rather late age of 20 years (students at this academy usually start at 12-13 years of age). She was among Leopoldo Romañach's favourite students. By 1924, she exposed her paintings for the first time, along with another Cuban female painter, María Pepa Lamarque. She transferred to Europe in 1927, and established herself in Paris, although she paid short visits to Spain, Italy and other countries.

In Paris, she took drawing courses at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière (1927), and later entered the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, and the École du Louvre. In 1931, she star   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2196 characters.]  Artist bio

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