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Isabel Bernal (b. San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, 1935) is a Puerto Rican artist. She is known for her silkscreen prints and paintings, and her works are held in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution,[1] the Museo del Barrio,[2] and the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico.[3] She is among the generation of Puerto Rican visual artists fostered by and associated with the Puerto Rican Division of Community Education[4] and is among the artists associated with the tradition of post-war poster art in Puerto Rico.[5]

Early life and education[edit]

Bernal was born in 1935 in San Sebastián, Puerto Rico. She studied design, drawing, and silkscreen at Mount Mary UniversityinMilwaukee, Wisconsin and then studied painting under Osiris Delgado at the Rio Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico graduating in 1957.[3]

Career[edit]

Bernal worked at the Puerto Rican Division of Community Education, known by its Spanish acronym, DIVEDCO, from 1957 to 1987, where she was among the artists who developed a Puerto Rican tradition of silkscreen prints and posters. She is known for her portraits and, especially, her rural and urban landscapes.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Record Carnaval de Puerto Rico, Juan Ponce de Leon [screenprint poster] | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". collections.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  • ^ https://www.elmuseo.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Timeline.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  • ^ a b c "Artist Directory: Isabel Bernal". Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  • ^ García Vera, María (8 September 2014). "The Visual Arts in Puerto Rico". Encyclopedia de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  • ^ Díaz, Carmen Graciela (26 December 2011). "Graphic Arts: From Posters to Photography". Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

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