Pilar Sans Coover
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Pilar Sans Coover | |
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| Born | September 16, 1936 Tarragona, Spain |
| Other names | María del Pilar Sans Mallafré |
| Occupation | textile artist |
| Spouse | Robert Coover |
| Website | www |
Pilar Sans Coover (September 16, 1936) is a Spanish American needlework and textile artist.
Coover was born María del Pilar Sans Mallafré in Tarragona, Spain.[1] She received a degree in biology at the University of Barcelona.[2]
Career
Coover started doing needlepoint while she was living in London in the 1970s.[3] Her work has been described as have a "dense, swirling image-packed style."[3] She has made over 100 needlepointed works.[1] She first exhibited her work at the Portal Gallery in London in 1979.[4] She says her goal with her work is to "transcend the limitations of traditional needlework by opening every possibility between the thread and the canvas."[4] She cites Hieronymus Bosch and William Blake as influences.[4] Her work appeared on the cover of Robert Coover's first short story collection, Pricksongs & Descants.[5] Her work "Penelope" won Diana Grossman Award for Best of Show at the Eleventh Biennial Exhibition of the Embroiderers' Guild of America in 1984.[6]