Judith Lauand | |
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Born | |
Died | 9 December 2022 São Paulo, Brazil | (aged 100)
Nationality (legal) | Brazilian |
Other names | Dama do Concretismo First Lady of Concretism |
Education | Escola de Belas Artes |
Known for | painter, printmaker |
Movement | Brazilian modernist art, abstract art, concrete art |
Judith Lauand (26 May 1922 – 9 December 2022) was a Brazilian painter and printmaker.[1][2] She is considered a pioneer of the Brazilian modernist movement that started in the 1950s, and was the only female member of the concrete art movement based in São Paulo, the Grupo Ruptura.[3][4]
Lauand was born in Pontal, São Paulo, Brazil.[5]
In the mid-1950s, Lauand graduated from the Escola de Belas Artes in Araraquara, São Paulo in Brazil with a degree in fine arts.[6] While at Escola de Belas Artes, Lauand's education was based in traditional fine arts. Domênico Lazzarini and Maria Ybarra de Almeida taught her painting and Lívio Abramo taught her printmaking.[3]: 380 [7]
After graduating from college, Lauand worked as a teacher in Araraquara and produced artwork on the side, which at that time was in the style of expressionist figurative paintings.[6]
In 1953, Lauand moved to São Paulo.[6] In 1954, she worked as a gallery monitor at the São Paulo Art Biennial, which led to her connecting with fellow artists who were part of the concrete art movement, Grupo Ruptura: Anatol Władysław, Geraldo de Barros, Leopoldo Haar, Lothar Charoux, Luís Sacilotto, Kazmer Féjer, and Waldemar Cordeiro. Lauand soon joined the group, becoming their only female member.[8][9]
Lauand's work is rooted in the abstract art from the 1950s, with a movement in 1954 to a more rigid and analytical approach. Starting in the 1960s, Lauand began incorporating non-traditional materials like paper clips and other items into her pieces, making the surfaces uneven and creating different effects.[3]
Lauand was the only artist among her contemporaries who signed her paintings, and signed on the front of the painting. This was seen as a more traditional approach, and was a rejection of the theoretical aesthetic of what other artists were doing.[10]
Lauand worked across many different mediums. As a painter, she created works using acrylic, enamel, oil, and tempera paints, incorporating gouaches and/or collages. Lauand's output also took the form of embroidery, sculptures, woodcuts, and tapestries.[11]
Lauand turned 100 on 26 May 2022,[12] and died in São Paulo on 9 December.[5]