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Lourdes Castro | |
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 Castro in 2015 | |
| Born | Maria de Lourdes Bettencourt de Castro 9 December 1930 |
| Died | 8 January 2022 (aged 91) Funchal, Madeira, Portugal |
| Alma mater | Lisbon School of Fine Arts |
| Awards | Medal for Cultural Merit (2020) |
Maria de Lourdes Bettencourt de Castro ComSE (9 December 1930 – 8 January 2022) was a Portuguese artist from Funchal, Madeira. After specializing in abstract art, in the 1960s she created collages and silk screens, seeking to capture ephemeral reality. From the 1970s, together with her partner Manuel Zimbro, she developed shadow puppets for her Shadow Theatre, gaining acclaim throughout Europe and Brazil. In 1998, together with Francisco Tropa, she created an installation for Portugal's contribution to the São Paulo Art Biennial.[1][2][3]
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- ^ "Fundação de Serralves reabre com nova exposição dedicada a Lourdes Castro" (in Portuguese). dnoticias. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ Reliquet, Scarlett. "Lourdes Castro, translated from Dictionnaire universel des créatrices". Aware. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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