1950s Loló Soldevilla Signed Mixed Media on Paper, Framed

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Original abstract mixed media. Triangles, circles and elongated rectangles in primary colors and black are arranged with a sense of … Read more Original abstract mixed media. Triangles, circles and elongated rectangles in primary colors and black are arranged with a sense of movement or gears, set against a simple brown background. Signed and dated Lolo - 56 in the lower right corner. Set in a striking silver and white frame.

Loló Soldevilla, a Cuban artist 1901–1971 was a key figure in the Concrete Art movement, artist, curator, and gallery owner Loló Soldevilla —born Dolores Soldevilla Nieto —was the only woman to be strongly associated with geometric abstraction in Cuba. She was named Cuba’s Cultural Attaché to Europe in 1949. Upon returning to Havana from Paris, she and fellow artist Pedro de Oraá founded Galería de Arte Color-Luz, which was instrumental in promoting abstract art in Cuba in the 1950s and ’60s. The gallery served as an incubator for Los Diez Pintores Concretos (Ten Concrete Artists), a group of Cuban artists that included Sandú Darié and José María Mijares, and of which Soldevilla was the only female member. Though her paintings and sculptures of delicately arranged geometric shapes were influential among mid-century Cuban artists, the rise of Fidel Castro ushered in an era of political repression and her work receded from public view. See less