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Marisol (1930-)

Aliases: Marisol Escobar; Marisol Escobar

Professions: Painter; Sculptor; Wood Sculptor

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    PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT B. MAYER FAMILY COLLECTION MARISOL ESCOBAR B. 1930 THE COCKTAIL PARTY

    PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT B. MAYER FAMILY COLLECTION MARISOL ESCOBAR B. 1930 THE COCKTAIL PARTY

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    PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT B. MAYER FAMILY COLLECTION MARISOL ESCOBAR B. 1930 THE FAMILY

    PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT B. MAYER FAMILY COLLECTION MARISOL ESCOBAR B. 1930 THE FAMILY

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    Marisol Escobar , Madison Avenue

    Marisol Escobar , Madison Avenue

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    Marisol Escobar , Portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe with Antelope charcoal on wood, stone, plaster and antelope

    Marisol Escobar , Portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe with Antelope charcoal on wood, stone, plaster and antelope

Marisol Biography

(b Paris, 22 May 1930). French sculptor of Venezuelan descent. After studying painting at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris (1949) and then at the Art Students League (1950) and the Hans Hofmann School (1951–4) in New York, she developed an interest in Mexican, Pre-Columbian and American folk art and turned her attention to sculpture. In her early work she fashioned small, animated figurines out of bronze, terracotta and wood, often placing these pieces in compartmentalized, glass-fronted boxes, for example Printer’s Box (1958; Mr and Mrs Edwin A. Bergman priv. col., see 1966 exh. cat., no. 4). In 1961 she began to incorporate drawing, painting, and objets trouvés into complex, life-size figure arrangements. Cast fragments of her own body and images of her face frequently appear in her works from this decade, many of which address the position of women in modern society. Women and Dog (1964; New York, Whitney) depicts a group of fashionable middle-class housewives parading in public wearing blank, masklike expressions; other works depict farm women and socialites in similarly constrained poses.

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