(b. 1917, Chillán, Chile; d. 1995).
Marta Colvin attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes at the Universidad de Chile and was a student of Julio Antonio Vázquez. She went to Paris in 1948 to study at the Sorbonne and the École du Louvre. In 1952 she studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London and met Henry Moore. She became known for her large abstract sculpture; in Chile particularly for the statue for the tomb of the dancer Isabel Glatzel. At the 1965 Sío Paulo Bienal, Colvin won the international prize for sculpture. She visited pre-Columbian archaeological sites in Chile and on Easter Island, and the monumental aspect of her sculptures connects them to pre-Hispanic architecture. Blocks of stone, wood, or metal are assembled in her works to form constructive systems. Deep incisions point out directions, rhythms, and tensions. Much of Colvin’s monumental work is in Europe, especially France. Sources:
Edward J. Sullivan, ed. Latin Amer
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