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Araceli Gilbert de Blomberg

アラセリ・ギルベルト・デ・ブロムベルク

Araceli Gilbert de Blomberg

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1913-12-06 (Guayaquil, Ecuador)
Died
1993-02-17 (Quito, Ecuador) age 79
Nationality
Ecuador
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Guayaquil, Ecuador → Santiago de Chile, Chile → New York, United States → Quito, Ecuador → Paris, France

Career

Occupations
painter, artist
Active Years
1936-1993
Affiliations
Society of Independent Writers and Artists
Influenced By
Hans Michaelson, Amédée Ozenfant, Auguste Herbin, Jean Dewasne, Jorge Caballero

Education

School of Fine Arts in Santiago de Chile
Fine Arts
Period: 1936
Country: Chile
Studied under Jorge Caballero and Hernán Gazmurri
School of Fine Arts in Guayaquil
Painting, Sculpture and Art History
Degree: 修論
Period: 1942-1943
Year of Graduation: 1943
Country: Ecuador
Studied under Hans Michaelson
Ozenfant Art School
Art
Period: 1940年代
Country: United States
Disciple of Amédée Ozenfant
Period: 1950-1955
Country: France
Studied under Auguste Herbin and Jean Dewasne

Awards

Premio Eugenio Espejo
1989
Organization: Ecuadorian Government
Result: 受賞
Second Prize at the IV October Salon
1960
Category: 絵画
Result: 第二席
First Prize for painting at the Mariano Aguilera Salon
1961
Category: 絵画
Result: 第一席

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Mujer sentada

1936 Oil on canvas

Santiago de Chile, Oil on canvas 41.5 x 81.5 cm. (1936–37)

figurative

Cabeza de india

1943 Oil on canvas

Oil on canvas 50 x 37 cm. (1943)

figurative

Composición con máscaras

1946 Oil on canvas
Expressionism

Rythmes Colorés

1952 Oil on canvas

Oil on canvas 73 x 100 cm. (1952)

abstract

Manhattan

1985 Oil on canvas
abstract

Bibliography

  • Complete list at Archivo Blomberg Foundation

Style & Themes

Literary Style
From Expressionism to geometrical abstractionRigorous mathematical approach
Recurring Motifs
Geometrical formsEquilibrium and rhythm

Legacy

Ecuadorian abstract painter awarded the National Prize of Culture Premio Eugenio Espejo. Developed her style influenced by European abstraction.

Archives

  • Archivo Blomberg Foundation

Trivia

  • Married to Swedish writer, photographer and explorer Rolf Blomberg.