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Gego

Gego (1912 - 1994) was active/lived in Venezuela, Germany.  Gego is known for Wire and metal sculpture, kinetic art, assemblage, drawing, collage.

Gertrud Louise Goldschmidt (1 August 1912 – 17 September 1994) also known as Gego, was a modern Venezuelan artist and sculptor. Gego's most popular works were produced in the 1960s and 1970s, during the height of popularity of Geometric abstract art and Kinetic Art.

Although these genres influenced her somewhat, Gego tried to develop her own style and break from the popular art of Venezuela. Her artwork is commonly exhibited with artists like Lygia Clark, Hélio Oiticica and Mira Schendel. Dying in 1994, she left a collection of writings describing her thoughts about art which adds to her legacy as a Latin American artist.

Gego was born Gertrud Louise Goldschmidt in Hamburg, Germany in 1912. Although she was the niece of the medieval art historian Adolf Goldschmidt, who taught at the University of Berlin, she decided to attended the Technische Hochschule of Stuttgart in 1932, where she was taught by popular masonry artist Dr.Paul Bonatz and in 1938 received a diploma in b   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 13304 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Gego available:    Sergio Camargo,  Gerd Leufert,  Marlene Dumas,  Alejandro Otero,  Arnaldo Roche,  Carlos Cruz-Diez,  Helio Oiticica,  Tomas Sanchez,  Adriana Varejao,  Anselm Kiefer,  Carmen Herrera,  Lygia Clark,  Martin Kippenberger,  Mira Schendel,  Rubens Gerchman,  Beatriz Milhazes,  Alfredo Volpi,  Willys de Castro,  Omar Rayo,  Candido Portinari,  Pedro Coronel,  Chris (Christopher) Ofili,  Lucio Fontana,  Antony Gormley