Carmen Herrera
1915–2022
Introduction
Carmen Herrera (May 31, 1915 – February 12, 2022) was a Cuban-born American abstract, minimalist visual artist and painter. She was born in Havana and lived in New York City from the mid-1950s. Herrera's abstract works brought her international recognition late in life.
Wikidata identifier
Q522662
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Introduction
Cuban-born artist painted in obscurity for decades before achieving acclaim when she was eighty-nine. She was active mostly in the United States, but lived in Paris from 1948 to 1956, where she developed the style for which she would much later become renowned, a form of geometric abstraction.
Country of birth
Cuba
Roles
Artist, painter, sculptor
ULAN identifier
500332016
Names
Carmen Herrera, Carmen Herrera Nieto
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed April 18, 2024.
