Name Antonia Eiriz | Role Painter | |
Died March 9, 1995, Miami, Florida, United States Education Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" (1951–1957) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, Latin America & Caribbean |
ANTONIA EIRIZ
Antonia Eiriz Vázquez (1929–1995) was a Cuban painter whose work was exhibited throughout Latin America during her life. She received a National Culture Award in 1981, and in 1983 received the Alejandro Carpenter Medal. In 1989 the Cuban government awarded her the Félix Varela Order; in 1994 she was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. She gave up painting in the 1960s, thereafter devoting her life and talents to Cuban crafts.
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