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Ada Balcacer - Godiva in Altamira

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Ada Balcacer - Godiva in AltamiraARTIST Godiva in Altamira Title Godiva in Altamira Work Date 2012 Category Painting Materials Mixed media on paper Size h: 17 x w: 17 in h: 43 x w: 43 cm Region Dominican Style Contemporary Price* $4900. 00 Description This painting is from Ada Balcacer's much sought after recent work. The painting is a lovely, uplifting, and inspiring work of great power and substance. Good works by Balcacer are becoming harder to find, as the demand for her work has

 

 

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Godiva in Altamira

Title Godiva in Altamira
Work Date   2012
Category Painting
Materials Mixed media on paper
Size h: 17 x w: 17 in / h: 43 x w: 43 cm
Region Dominican
Style Contemporary
Price* $4900.00

 

 

Description

This painting is from Ada Balcacer's much sought after recent work. The painting is a lovely, uplifting, and inspiring work of great power and substance. Good works by Balcacer are becoming harder to find, as the demand for her work has risen dramatically over the last few years. MLA Gallery has an excellent selection of works on canvas, and works on paper, by this great artist.

 

Ada Balcácer, the Dominican painter and visual artist whose luminous work and decades of teaching shaped the course of national art, died this past Christmas Day in Miami at the age of 95. Born in San Juan de la Maguana, she graduated from the National School of Fine Arts in 1951 and went on to perfect her craft at the University of Río Piedras (Puerto Rico) and in New York, where she combined studies in design with ceramics and engraving.

A leading figure in the Nueva Imagen movement that emerged in 1972, Balcácer explored multiple aesthetic languages across painting, mural work, ceramics, and printmaking. Her pieces have been exhibited widely and are held in major public collections: the National Museum of Havana; the Inter-American Development Bank Gallery in Washington; the Palaces of Fine Arts in Mexico and Caracas; and the Museum of Modern Art of Santo Domingo, among others.

Among her most celebrated public works is the mural The Transparent Palm in the Dominican Tourist Information Center in New York. Her painting The Magician of the Landscape was selected by the United Nations to illustrate a postage stamp—an emblem of the international recognition her work achieved. Notable thematic cycles include Mythology and Legend (Taticas, Carnival, and Bacá, 1969–1972) and Geometry and Composition (Participating Spaces, 1972–1978).

Balcácer’s contributions were recognized throughout her career: first prize and gold medal at the E. León Jimenes awards (1967); Artist of the Year from the University Cultural Movement (1970); honors at the V American Biennial of Graphic Arts in Cali (1986); the Grand Prix of the Diplomatic World (Santo Domingo, 1987); and the Corripio Foundation Art Prize (2014), among others. Beyond accolades, she leaves an enduring legacy as a teacher and cultural activist whose sensitivity to light and color profoundly influenced generations of Dominican artists.

Rest in peace, beloved teacher of light—may your colors continue to illuminate our skies and our memory.


 

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