Sarah Grilo
{{Short description|Argentine artist (died 2007)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox artist
|name = Sarah Grilo
|image = 3 Grupo de Los Cinco, Buenos Aires, 1950s.jpg
| birth_date = circa 1919
| birth_place = Buenos Aires
| death_date = 2007
| death_place = Madrid
| nationality = Argentine
| style = Abstraction
| awards = Guggenheim Fellowship (1961)
| website = {{URL|sarahgrilofernandezmuro.com}}
}}
Sarah Grilo (circa 1919The year of birth varies between 1919, 1920 and 1921 depending on the sources. – 2007) was an Argentine painter who is best known for her abstract gestural paintings. Married to the artist José Antonio Fernández-Muro, she lived in Buenos Aires, Paris, New York and Madrid.
She is considered one of the most important Latin American artists of the 20th century.{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2007/08/31/agenda/1188511204_850215.html|title=Sarah Grilo|author=Francisco Calvo Serralier|date=31 August 2007|journal=El País|language=es|quote=...sin duda una de las mejores artistas latinoamericanas del siglo XX}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/slideshows/two-powerhouse-female-artists-from-latin-america?slide=sarah-grilo-the-artist%20Sothebys|title=Two Powerhouse Female Artists from Latin America|website=Sotheby's|date=3 November 2017 |pages=4, 5, 6|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/943107-una-pintora-inolvidable|title=Una Pintora inolvidable|date=15 September 2007|website=La Nación|language=es}}
Career
Sarah Grilo began her career as a self-taught artist. In 1944, she began studying at the studio of the Catalan artist Vicente Puig. There, she met her husband, the artist José Antonio Fernández-Muro.
In 1949, she presented her first solo exhibition in Madrid, which was characterised by being a mixture of figuration and cubism.
Around this period, her paintings became more abstract. In 1952, she joined the group Artistas Modernos de la Argentina, under the direction of Aldo Pellegrini.
The group, made up of artists such as Enio Iommi, Alfredo Hlito, Tomàs Maldonado, Lidy Prati and José Antonio Fernández-Muro, among others, was presented in exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and at the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro until it was dissolved in 1954.
Following the dissolution of the group, Sarah Grilo moved to Paris. During this period, between 1957 and 1961, her work became more lyrical.
In 1962, she won the Guggenheim Fellowship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/sarah-grilo/|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Sarah Grilo|website=www.gf.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-06}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/867875771 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/867744721 cite #5 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. User:GreenC bot/Job 18}} The prize marked a turning point in her career and she moved to New York. From then on, she gradually freed herself from Geometric abstraction and developed a new plastic language. Her gestural works combined coloured surfaces, drips, digital and textual signs, graffiti.{{Cite news|url=https://www.clarin.com/cultura/sarah-grilo-consagracion-pintora-argentina_0_S1UBP4KVX.html|title=Sarah Grilo: la consagración de una pintora argentina|last=Clarín.com|access-date=2018-11-06|language=es}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/867875771 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/867744721 cite #6 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. User:GreenC bot/Job 18}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.march.es/arte/palma/coleccion/artista.aspx?p0=86&l=2|title=Sarah Grilo • Museu Fundación Juan March, Palma|last=March|first=Fundación Juan|website=www.march.es|language=en|access-date=2018-11-06}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/867875771 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/867744721 cite #7 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. User:GreenC bot/Job 18}}
In 1970, the artist left for the south of Spain, where she would stay until 1979 with her family. From 1980 she alternated her stay between Paris and Madrid, where she definitely moved to live with her husband in 1985,{{cite web | url=http://www.sarahgrilo.com/biography | title=Sarah Grilo Biography }} until her death in 2007.{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/943107-una-pintora-inolvidable|title=Una pintora inolvidable|date=2007-09-15|access-date=2018-11-06|language=es}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/867875771 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/867744721 cite #8 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. User:GreenC bot/Job 18}}
Sarah Grilo has exhibited in numerous galleries and institutions in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. These include: the National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires; The Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas; The Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami; The Art Museum of the Americas, Washington D.C.; The Nelson RockefellerCollection, New York; The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin; The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; The Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid; and The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, among others.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jorgemaralaruche.com.ar/sarah-grilo/|title=Sarah Grilo // Jorge Mara - La Ruche|website=www.jorgemaralaruche.com.ar|language=es-ES|access-date=2018-11-06}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/867875771 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/867744721 cite #9 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. User:GreenC bot/Job 18}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.galerie-lelong.com/fr/artiste-sarah-grilo-348.html|title=Galerie Lelong - Biographie - Sarah Grilo|website=www.galerie-lelong.com|access-date=2018-11-06}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/867875771 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/867744721 cite #10 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. User:GreenC bot/Job 18}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ReZkAgAAQBAJ&q=Sarah+Grilo&pg=RA1-PA1824|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|last1=Heller|first1=Jules|last2=Heller|first2=Nancy G.|date=2013-12-19|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135638894|language=en}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/867875771 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/867744721 cite #11 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. User:GreenC bot/Job 18}}
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=19 April 2023 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.galerie-lelong.com/en/artiste/89/sarah-grilo/ Sarah Grilo at Galerie Lelong]
- [http://sarahgrilofernandezmuro.com/ Official website]
- [http://www.sarahgrilo.com/ Sarah Grilo.com]
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Category:20th-century Argentine painters
Category:20th-century Argentine artists