El diecisiete de octubre/October 17th
Photo from artes-uk.org ¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Marina Nuñez del Prado! (1910-1995) Photo from Wikipedia A Bolivian sculptor from La Paz, Bolivia with MANY accolades to her name, Nuñez del Prado was greatly influenced by the indigenismo movement. After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in La Paz, from which she graduated in 1930, Nuñez del Prado continued on there as an instructor, and she was the first woman to achieve the position of Chair of the Academy. While teaching, she was also exhibiting locally, but she left her job and La Paz in 1938 to travel. After spending time in other South American countries, Egypt, Europe, and the United States (where she spent 8 years in New York on a fellowship), she returned to La Paz, where she continued working and as artist and a teacher. Her exhibition Mineros en rebelión (Miners in Rebellion) won a gold medal in New York, and many of her other works received international accolades. In 1972, she moved with her husband, ...