Úrsula Céspedes
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| Úrsula Céspedes | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | Spanish |
| Nationality | Cuban |
Úrsula Céspedes was a Cuban poet and founder of the Academia Santa Úrsula in Manzanillo, Cuba, originally from Bayamo, Cuba.
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editBiography[edit]
editÚrsula Céspedes was born October 21, 1832, in Hacienda La Soledad, close to the city of Bayamo in the eastern part of Cuba. She first received schooling in her own home where she learned music and French. In 1854, she visited Villa Clara, where she met Ginés Escanaverino, whom she married three years later. In 1858, she became an acquired her title as a teacher. The same year she and her husband founded the Academia Santa Úrsula for women's schooling. They moved to Havana in 1863, where they remained till 1865. Afterwards, her husband obtained the position of director for the secondary school for men in San Cristobal, Cuba where Ursula also taught classes for girls.
Works[edit]
editWhen Ursula composed her first verses, she received the support of her distant relative Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, who declared Cuban independence in 1868, who also chose her first pseudonym: "La Calandria." During this period, Carlos Manuel was still living in Bayamo. She published her first poems in 1855 in Semanario Cubano and El Redactor in Santiago de Cuba, sometimes under the pseudonyms of "La Serrana" and Carlos Enrique Alba. She collaborated on "La Regeneración," published in Bayamo; "La Antorcha," in Manzanillo; "La Alborada" and "Eco de Villa Clara," in Santa Clara; "El Fomento" and "Hoja Económica," in Cienfuegos; "Corre de Trinidad" and "La Abeja," in Trinidad; "La Prensa" and "El Kaleidoscopio;" "La Idea" y "Cuba Literaria" in Havana; and "La Moda Elegante" in Cádiz, Spain. In 1861, she published her book "Ecos de la Selva" with a prologue by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes in which he wrote, "Therefore, in spite of the defects they suffer from, her verses grab and seduce one; she paints what she feels; but she does it with such trueness to color, that her feelings are transmitted like magnetic fluid to the heart to those who hear her inspired word." Her spouse posthumously published "Cantos Postreros" in a small private edition. In 1948, the Dirección de Cultura of the Ministry of Education published a selection of her works.
Death[edit]
editAfter the death of her brothers and father, the uncontrolled persecution against her family and the loss of all their goods caused her to move to Santa Isabel de las Lajas where she died on November 2, 1874.
Published books[edit]
edit- Ecos de la Selva. Santiago de Cuba. Imprenta de Espinal y Díaz, 1861.
- Cantos Postreros. Cienfuegos. Imprenta del Boletín Mercantil, 1875.
- Poesías. Prologue and selections by Juan J. Remos. La Habana, Dirección de Cultura, 1948.
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Rebecca Louise Law
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Rebecca Louise Law is a British Installation Artist, best known for artworks created with natural materials, namely flora. She was born 1980 and grew up in a small village in the UK.[1] After graduating highschool she trained at the Newcastle University’s School of Arts and Cultures in England.[1] The physicality and sensuality of her work plays with the relationship between humanity and nature. Law is passionate about natural change and preservation, allowing her work to evolve as nature takes its course and offering an alternative concept of beauty.
Exhibitions[edit]
editNotable commissions include ‘The Grecian Garden’ (Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens), ‘The Beauty of Decay’ (Chandran Gallery, San Francisco), ‘Life in Death’ (Shirley Sherwood Gallery, London) and 'Community' (The Toledo Museum of Art). Law's work has also been exhibited by Bo. Lee Gallery, Broadway Studio & Gallery, NOW Gallery and at sites such as the Royal Academy of Arts, Chaumont-Sur-Loire[1] and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
References[edit]
edit- Krysa, Danielle. A Big Important Art Book (Now with Women): Profiles of Unstoppable Female Artists--and Projects to Help You Become One. First edition. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2018.
- “Rebecca Louise-Law | Domaine de Chaumont-Sur-Loire.” Accessed October 29, 2019. /en/node/1963/rebecca-louise-law.
- "The Toledo Museum of Art. “Rebecca Louise Law: Community,” May 8, 2018. https://www.toledomuseum.org/art/exhibitions/rebecca-louise-law-community.
External links[edit]
edit- https://www.rebeccalouiselaw.com
- http://www.newsweek.com/2016/08/26/rebecca-louise-law-flower-installations-490502.html
- http://wwd.com/eye/people/an-artists-installation-blossoms-10486410/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/07/t-magazine/rebecca-louise-law-artist-flowers.html?_r=0
- http://www.toledomuseum.org/art/exhibitions/rebecca-louise-law-community (Exhibition Community, Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA, June 16, 2018 — January 13, 2019, Canaday Gallery)
- ^ Krysa, Danielle (2018). A Big Important Art Book (Now with Women): Profiles of Unstoppable Female Artists--and Projects to Help You Become One. Philadelphia: Running Press.