Noemí Gerstein
Argentine artist, sculptor (1910–1996) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Noemí Gerstein (November 10, 1910 – June 14, 1996) was an Argentine sculptor, illustrator and plastic artist.
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Noemí Gerstein | |
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Born | November 10, 1910 |
Died | June 14, 1996(1996-06-14) (aged 85) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Nationality | Argentine |
Known for | Sculpture Illustration Plastic art |
Noemí Gerstein was born November 10, 1910,[1][2] in Buenos Aires, where she continued to live and work. In 1934, she began training under Alfredo Bigatti[3][4] In the 1950s, she received a government grant to travel to France, where she studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris under the tutelage of Ossip Zadkine.[1][4] In 1952, Gerstein was one of the winners of the Institute of Contemporary Arts' design competition for the Unknown Political Prisoner Monument.[5][6] Gerstein's works were predominantly abstract, and she "experimented with new materials."[6] She had a preference for metallic constructions, such as Constellation (1963), which used small pieces of tubing.[2] She died June 14, 1996.[7]