Amelia Peláez

(Cuban, 1896–1968)

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Amelia Peláez

Pina, 1963

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Amelia Peláez

Untitled , 1955

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Biography

Timeline

1896
Born: Las Villas (now Villa Clara), Cuba
1915 - 1924
Studied at the San Alejandro Art School, Havana, Cuba with Leopoldo Romañach
1915
Moved to Havana, Cuba
1927
Moved to Paris, France
Studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, and the École du Louvre, Paris, France
1931 - 1934
Studied with Russian painter Alexandra Exter
1934
Moved to Cuba
1938
Prize in the National Exposition of Painters and Sculptors, Cuba
1950
Opened workshop at San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba
1968
Died: Havana, Cuba

Exhibitions

2008
Facets, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
2006
Masters of Latin America: From the Joan and Milton Bagley Collection, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Paris, Barcelona, & Miami, David Castillo Modern & Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
2005
Still Life Perspectives from the Collection, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
Maturaleza Muerta: Latin American Still Life from South Florida Collection, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2004
MoMA at El Museo: Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection, El Museo de Barrio, New York, NY
1996
Amelia Peláez en el centenario de su nacimiento. Oleos, temperas y dibujos 1924-1967. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cub (solo)
1988
Amelia Peláez, A retrospective, Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture, Miami, FL (solo)
1987
Amelia Peláez, XIX Sao Paolo, Brazil (solo)
1980
Amelia Peláez, Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia (solo)
1979
La gran pintora cubana Amelia Peláez, Museo de Arte Moderno, México D.F. (solo)
1977
Amelia Peláez, Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Miami, FL (solo)