Nationality Puerto Rican Period Abstract expressionism | Movement Abstract Expressionist Name Olga Albizu | |
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Full Name Olga Albizu Rosaly Awards 2nd Prize, Ateneo Puertorriqueno, Puerto Rico2nd Prize, Esso Salon of Young Artists, San Juan, Puerto Rico Died July 30, 2005, New York City, New York, United States Education University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus (1946), Academie de la Grande Chaumiere | ||
Notable work Various Music labels | ||
Albizu Olga 奧爾加·阿爾維蘇 (1924-2005) Lyrical Abstraction Abstract Expressionism American
Olga Albizu Rosaly (1924–2005) was an abstract expressionist painter from Ponce, Puerto Rico.
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- Albizu Olga 1924 2005 Lyrical Abstraction Abstract Expressionism American
- Life
- Works
- Accolades
- References
Life
Albizu was born and raised in Puerto Rico, where she studied painting with the Spanish painter Esteban Vicente from 1943 to 1947. She received a B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico in 1946. She moved to New York City on a fellowship for post-graduate work at the Art Students League in 1948. After that, she did further studies in Europe at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. Later, she spent a year painting in the Provence as painters such as Van Gogh and Cézanne had done before her. In 1953 she returned to New York.
Works
Her works have been used in the artwork of various record covers, including a number of albums by Stan Getz.
Stan Getz:
Bill Evans:
Accolades
Albizu Rosaly is honored at Ponce's Park of the Illustrious Ponce Citizens.