Isabel Bernal (b. San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, 1935) is a Puerto Rican artist. She is known for her silkscreen prints and paintings, and her works are held in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution,[1] the Museo del Barrio,[2] and the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico.[3] She is among the generation of Puerto Rican visual artists fostered by and associated with the Puerto Rican Division of Community Education[4] and is among the artists associated with the tradition of post-war poster art in Puerto Rico.[5]
Early life and education
editBernal was born in 1935 in San Sebastián, Puerto Rico. She studied design, drawing, and silkscreen at Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and then studied painting under Osiris Delgado at the Rio Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico graduating in 1957.[3]
Career
editBernal worked at the Puerto Rican Division of Community Education, known by its Spanish acronym, DIVEDCO, from 1957 to 1987, where she was among the artists who developed a Puerto Rican tradition of silkscreen prints and posters. She is known for her portraits and, especially, her rural and urban landscapes.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Record Carnaval de Puerto Rico, Juan Ponce de Leon [screenprint poster] | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". collections.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c "Artist Directory: Isabel Bernal". Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ García Vera, María (8 September 2014). "The Visual Arts in Puerto Rico". Encyclopedia de Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ Díaz, Carmen Graciela (26 December 2011). "Graphic Arts: From Posters to Photography". Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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