Olga Albizu

Olga Albizu
Born
Olga Albizu Rosaly

May 31, 1924
Ponce, Puerto Rico
DiedJuly 30, 2005(2005-07-30) (aged 81)
New York City, New York
NationalityPuerto Rican
EducationUniversity of Puerto Rico
Art Students League
Académie de la Grande Chaumière
Accademia di Belle Arti
Known forPainting
Notable workVarious Music labels
MovementAbstract Expressionist
Awards2nd Prize, Ateneo Puertorriqueño, Puerto Rico
2nd Prize, Esso Salon of Young Artists, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Patron(s)Stan Getz

Olga Albizu Rosaly (1924–2005) was an abstract expressionist painter from Ponce, Puerto Rico. Albizu Rosaly was the first woman dedicated to abstraction in Puerto Rico.[1][2]

Life

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Albizu was born to a relatively wealthy family and raised in Puerto Rico, where she studied painting with the Spanish painter Esteban Vicente from 1943 to 1947.[3][4][5] She received a B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico in 1946. In 1948 she moved to New York City on a fellowship for post-graduate work at the Art Students League,[3] where she studied under Morris Kantor, Carl Holty, and Vaclav Vytlacil.[6] She also studied with Hans Hofmann[6] and subsequently became his apprentice.[4] 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.[3] 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.[7]

In 1957, Albizu premiered in The First Comprehensive Exhibition of Contemporary Puerto Rican Artists.[8] Paintings by Albizu were formally inaugurated at the Pan American Union June 16, 1966.[9] Albizu was extensively exhibited in Puerto Rico, Israel, and the US.[9]

Works

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Her works have been used in the artwork of various record covers, including a number of albums by Stan Getz.[10][11][12]
Stan Getz:

Bill Evans:

Alibizu's work was included in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's 2013 exhibit, "Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art,"[15] and her work, "Radiante" (1967), is part of the collection[16] and was used as one of several new banners at the entrance to the Museum in 2017.[17]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 56. Item 286. LCCN 92-75480
  2. ^ "What I've learned: Belinda Tate, executive director of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts". Christie's. 5 March 2020. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Cole, Thomas B. (6 January 2015). "Radiante: Olga Albizu". JAMA. 313 (1): 10–11. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.11499. ISSN 0098-7484. PMID 25562249.
  4. ^ a b McEwen, Abigail (2015-06-01). "Olga Albizu and the Borders of Abstraction". American Art. 29 (2): 86–111. doi:10.1086/683353. ISSN 1073-9300. JSTOR 10.1086/683353. S2CID 191803881.
  5. ^ McCann, Bryan Daniel (2019). "João Gilberto and Stan Getz's Getz/Gilberto". Bloomsbury Academic. EBSCO Publishing.
  6. ^ a b "Olga Albizu". Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Olga Albizu". Biaggi Faure. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  8. ^ Flecha Vega, Raquel (2023). "Olga Albizu's Lyrical Abstraction and the Borders of the Canvas". Arts. 12 (20): 20. doi:10.3390/arts12010020.
  9. ^ a b "Art from Puerto Rico". Americas. 18 (7): 40. July 1966.
  10. ^ "Corcovado". The Rhythm Divine. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 November 2006. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  11. ^ Cotter, Holland (5 June 2014). "At Museum Born of Politics, New Chief Faces Economics". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Olga Albizu". Discogs. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Verve Records: 20 classic album covers". The Telegraph. 17 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  14. ^ Ramos, E. Carmen (2014). "Olga Albizu". Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian American Art Museum. pp. 86–89. ISBN 978-1-907804-44-1.
  15. ^ "Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art". Smithsonian American Art Museum. 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Olga Albizu". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  17. ^ Valentine, Victoria L. (14 October 2017). "New Banners at Smithsonian American Art Museum Feature Paintings by Alma Thomas and William H. Johnson". Culture Type. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  18. ^ "Plastic Arts". Travel Ponce. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
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Further reading

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  • Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 56. Item 286. LCCN 92-75480
  • Carmen Teresa Ruiz de Fischler. "Olaga Albizu, Myrna Baez y Luisa Geigel: tres mujeres pioneras en las artes plásticas." Proyecto de recopilación de datos sobre las artes plásticas en Puerto Rico. Homines. Issue 10 (1986-1987) pp. 366–384.
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