Date of Birth | 01-April-1929 | |
Place of Birth |
Havana (Cuba, Cuba Island) |
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Nationality | Cuba | |
Also know as | EirÃz Teodora Antonia Vazquez | |
Profession | Painter | |
Antonia Eiriz Vázquez was a Cuban painter whose work was exhibited throughout Latin America during her life. She received a National Culture Award in 1981, and in 1983 received the Alejandro Carpenter Medal. In 1989 the Cuban government awarded her the Félix Varela Order; in 1994 she was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. She gave up painting in the 1960s, thereafter devoting her life and talents to Cuban crafts. |
Awards by Antonia Eiriz |
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1994 |