Bela Duarte
Isabel "Bela" Duarte (1940 — 20 June 2023) was a Cape Verdean artist.
Born on São Vicente, Cape Verde in 1940, she studied decorative arts in Lisbon, Portugal and took the drawing course at the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes. By 1974, she returned to Cape Verde and taught drawing.[1] Together with Manuel Figueira and Luísa Queirós,[2][3] she created the Cooperativa da Resistência (The Resistance Cooperative), later the Centro Nacional de Artesanato (CNA) to preserve traditional Cape Verdean crafts.[3] There she taught weaving, tapestry, and batik.[1]
Bela Duarte made her works and painted in oil and acrylic, batik maker, webbing and one other. In 1992, along with Queiros, she presented in a gallery in Mindelo "azul + azul = verde" for batik, craftsmanship and artist.[4]
In the 1970s, Bela Duarte successfully took place in numerous art exhibitions in Cape Verde, Belgium, Portugal, France, and the United States.[1] For her batik work in 1995, she was received by the national cultural institute the renominated Fonte Lima Prize.[citation needed]
In 2023, she was scheduled to participate in the "Alma das Ilhas Tour" arranged by Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva.[5] However, she died in the afternoon on 20 June. The following day, her death was announced by Minister of Culture Luisa, who said her art is "immortalized".[1]
Awards[edit]
Source:[1]
- 2010 — First Class of the Ordem do Vulcão
- 2018 — First Class of the Mérito da República de Cabo Verde
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Ramos, Rita (21 June 2023). "Artista cabo-verdiana Bela Duarte morre aos 83 anos". A Semana (in Portuguese). Praia. ProQuest 2827895707
- ^ "Cultura de luto: Artista plástico Manuel Figueira morre aos 85 anos no Mindelo". A Semana (in Portuguese). Praia. 8 October 2023. ProQuest 2827895707
- ^ a b Nolasco, Ana (October 2018). "Designing national identity through cloth: pánu di téra of Cape Verde". Island Studies Journal. 13 (2): 13. doi:10.24043/isj.65. ProQuest 2137109941
- ^ Fontes, Francisco (2006). Tchuba na desert: antologia do conto inédito caboverdiano (in Portuguese). Saúde em Português. p. 202. ISBN 978-989-20-0406-8. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ "Cape Verde: 51 names of Cape Verdean figures on the "Alma das Ilhas Tour". MENA Report. London. 30 January 2023. ProQuest 2771092058
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