Fanny Sanín
{{short description|Colombian born artist from Bogotá (born 1938)}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Fanny Sanín
| image = Fanny Sanín (2015).JPG
| birth_date = 1938
| birth_place = Bogota, Colombia
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| known_for = Painting
| movement = Geometric abstraction
| training = University of Los Andes
University of Illinois
Chelsea School of Art
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| website = {{URL|https://fannysanin.com/}}
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Fanny Sanín Sader (born 1938) is a Colombian born artist from Bogotá who resides in New York City. The daughter of Gabriel Sanín Tobón and Fanny Sader Guerra, she is best known for her paintings of abstract geometric forms and colors. She is considered to be part of the second generation of abstract artists from Colombia.{{cite book|last1=Cortés Solano|first1=Ana María|title=En Abstracto|date=June 2015|publisher=Museo Nacional de Colombia|location=Bogotá, Colombia|isbn=978-958-753-194-7|page=3|language=Spanish}}
She was awarded an Honoris Causa de Magíster en Artes (honorary master's degree of art) by University of Antioquia in February, 2015.{{cite web|last1=Mercado|first1=David Alejandro|title=La Universidad de Antioquia homenajea a la maestra Fanny Sanín Sader|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/medellin/homenaje-de-la-u-de-antioquia-a-la-maestra-fanny-sanin-sader/15233635|website=El Tiempo|date=11 February 2015|accessdate=9 July 2015|language=Spanish}}
Her work has been featured in a volume entitled, Fanny Sanín: The Concrete Language of Color and Structure, which appeared in 2019.{{Cite book|last=Sanín, Fanny|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1057779173|title=Fanny Sanín : the concrete language of color and structure|others=Adams, Beverly, 1965-, Kirking, Clayton, Oles, James, Rubiano Caballero, Germán, Sims, Patterson, Sokoloff, Ana.|year=2019|isbn=978-0-9996522-9-9|location=Seattle|oclc=1057779173}}
Education and training
She graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Los Andes in 1960.{{cite book|last1=Christian|first1=Padilla Peñuela|last2=Germán|first2=Rubiano Caballero|title=En Abstracto|date=June 2015|publisher=Museo Nacional de Colombia|location=Bogotá, Colombia|isbn=978-958-753-194-7|page=44|language=Spanish}} She continued her studies in the areas of printmaking and art history at the University of Illinois.{{cite web|title=Fanny Sanín|url=http://www.colarte.com/colarte/ConsPintores.asp?idartista=525|website=Colarte|accessdate=9 July 2015|language=Spanish|archive-date=10 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710164702/http://www.colarte.com/colarte/ConsPintores.asp?idartista=525|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Fanny Sanín|url=http://durbansegnini.com/artists/fanny-sanin/|website=Durban Segnini Gallery|accessdate=9 July 2015|language=Spanish}} While living in London in the late 1960s, she studied engraving at the Chelsea School of Art.
Work
Sanín has cited a number of specific influences, including Ellsworth Kelly, Wassily Kandinsky, and Henri Matisse.{{cite web|last1=Machado Fiorillo|first1=Lorena|title=Una vida hecha color|url=http://www.elespectador.com/impreso/articuloimpreso193841-una-vida-hecha-color|website=El Espectador|accessdate=9 July 2015|language=Spanish}} Her work is often compared to that of Carmen Herrera and Lygia Clark.
Sanín's work is in several public collections, including the Allen Memorial Art Museum in Oberlin, Ohio, where Sanín donated a painting in 2017. Acrylic No. 1, 2005 was donated by the artist in honor of the scholarly work of Edward J. Sullivan, Helen Gould Sheppard professor of Fine Arts at New York University. Additionally, the museum acquired three studies for this painting: Study for Painting No. 1 (3) 2005, Study for Painting No. 1 (5) 2005, and Study for Painting No. 1 (7) 2005.{{Cite web|url=http://fannysanin.com/home/2017/12/12/fanny-sanin-works-acquired-by-the-allen-memorial-art-museum-at-oberlin-college-ohio/|title=Fanny Sanín works acquired by the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, Ohio – Fanny Sanin|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-02}}
Exhibitions and collections
In 1993 her painting Acrylic No. 6 was added to the permanent collection of the Art Museum of the Americas.{{cite web |title=FANNY SANÍN - Arts of the Americas |url=http://www.oas.org/artsoftheamericas/fanny-sanin |website=Organization of American States |access-date=22 April 2023}} Some of her other works have been added to the permanent collections of the Museo de Arte Abstracto Manuel Felguérez,{{cite web |title=Fanny Sanín dona nueve obras al Museo Nacional de Colombia |url=https://www.arteinformado.com/magazine/n/fanny-sanin-dona-nueve-obras-al-museo-nacional-de-colombia-4778 |website=ARTEINFORMADO |access-date=23 April 2023 |language=es}} National Museum of Women in the Arts,{{cite web |title=Fanny Sanín {{!}} Artist Profile |url=https://nmwa.org/art/artists/fanny-sanin/ |website=National Museum of Women in the Arts |access-date=23 April 2023}} the Smithsonian American Art Museum,{{cite web |title=Fanny Sanín |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/fanny-sanin-31274 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum |access-date=23 April 2023}} and the Museo Nacional de Colombia.{{cite web |title=Fanny Sanín |url=https://museonacional.gov.co/exposiciones/itinerantes/FannySanin/Paginas/default.aspx |website=Museo Nacional de Colombia |access-date=23 April 2023}}
Among the temporary exhibits in which she has participated are the Pinta Art Show (2007){{cite web |last1=Cotter |first1=Holland |title=Bulletins From a Bustling 'Undiscovered' Land |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/arts/design/19pint.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=23 April 2023 |date=19 November 2007}} and the Durban Segnini Gallery's Abstracción y Constructivismo: Continuidad y ruptura de la modernidad Latinoamericana (2015).{{cite web |title=La abstracción y el constructivismo latinoamericano en Miami / Arte Al Limite |url=https://durbansegnini.com/media/la-abstraccion-y-el-constructivismo-latinoamericano-en-miami-arte-al-limite/ |website=Arte Al Limite |access-date=23 April 2023 |date=7 July 2015}}
In 2023 her work was included in the exhibition Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-1970 at the Whitechapel Gallery in London.{{cite web |title=Action, Gesture, Paint |url=https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/action-gesture-paint-women-and-global-abstraction-1940-70/ |website=Whitechapel Gallery |access-date=23 April 2023 |language=en}}
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External links
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- [http://www.artnet.com/artists/fanny-sanin/past-auction-results Fanny Sanin (Colombian, born 1938)] - Auction Results
- [http://www.eltiempo.com/entretenimiento/arte-y-teatro/exposicion-en-abstracto-de-la-artista-fanny-sanin/16030657 Fanny Sanín: una vida consagrada a la pintura] {{in lang|es}}
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