Marisol Escobar, born in Paris, France on May 22, 1930 to April 30, 2016 (aged 85), was a Venezuelan American sculptor born in Paris, who lived and worked in New York City.
She had begun drawing early in life, with her parents encouraging her talent by taking her to museums. She frequently earned artistic prizes in school before settling in Los Angeles in 1946.
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She began her formal arts education in 1946 with night classes at the Otis Art Institute & the Jepson Art Institute in Los Angeles. She studied art at the Paris Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1949.
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She experimented with terracotta, bronze, and wood sculptures inspired by Pre-Columbian sculpture & American Folk Art in the 1950s. She quickly became associated with the pop art movement in the 60s.
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Marisol’s image is included in the iconic 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson. She received awards including the 1997 Premio Gabriela Mistral for her contribution.
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In addition to the largest collection of her work in the world at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, her work is included in the collections of the PAMM, the Met, Currier Museum of Art, MoMA, & many others.
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