Elsa Bolívar
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21 September 1929
Elsa Bolívar | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elsa Bolívar Bravo 21 September 1929 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 9 April 2021 (aged 91) Santiago, Chile |
| Education | University of Chile |
| Occupations | |
| Movement | Rectangle Group Form and Space Movement |
Elsa Bolívar Bravo (21 September 1929 – 9 April 2021) was a Chilean painter and educator.[1][2] In 1965, Bolívar co-founded the Form and Space Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Forma y Espacio).[2][3]
Bolívar was born on 21 September 1929[a] in Santiago.[1][2][5] From 1942 to 1946, Bolívar was educated at the Liceo Manuel de Salas.[2][6]
In 1947, Bolívar enrolled at the Arts Faculty of the University of Chile where she studied under Carlos Pedraza Olguín, Jorge Letelier, Israel Roa and Jorge Caballero.[1][6] From 1949 to 1952, Bolívar studied visual arts education and between 1953 and 1956 she studied painting at the University of Chile.[1][6]
Career
In 1950, participated in a painting workshop led by Emilio Pettoruti, and held her first solo show at the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts.[1][7] Bolívar began exhibiting regularly at official salons from 1953 onwards.[7]
In the 1956, Bolívar joined the Rectangle Group (Spanish: Grupo Rectángulo) which aimed to develop abstraction through the exploration of geometric forms, and to eliminate the referential link between art and reality.[6][8][9] The same year Bolívar exhibited at the groups first exhibition at the Círculo de Periodistas (Spanish: Círculo de Periodistas) in Santiago.[7] In 1960, Bolívar exhibited at the 1st International Exhibition of Modern Art in Buenos Aires.[4]
Bolívar later co-founded the Rectangle Group's successor the Form and Space Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Forma y Espacio) in 1965.[2][3] Bolívar left the group in either 1974 or 1975.[6][7]
Bolívar worked as a set designer for Enrique Noisvander's Mime Theatre.[10]
Teaching
Bolívar taught drawing, composition and colour at the Arts Faculty of the University of Chile from 1954[b] to 1988, when she retired from university teaching.[1][2][7] From 1979 to 1982, Bolívar served as the director of the Arts Faculty's visual arts department.[1][2][7]
Bolívar also taught in secondary schools from the mid-1950s onwards.[7]
