She was a force in the NYC art scene. Portrait of French-born artist Marisol Escobar poses with some of her carved wooded sculptures. New York, New York, 1958. Courtesy Walter Sanders/The LIFE Picture ...
She was the toast of the town in 1960s Manhattan, but by the dawn of the next decade, Marisol had all but been forgotten. Born in 1930 in Paris to wealthy Venezuelan parents, Maria Sol Escobar, who ...
A major work by one of the most influential pop art creators in the world is now part of the permanent collection of the Philbrook Museum of Art. “Magritte II,” a sculpture by the Venezuelan-American ...
In this print, Marisol's first project with ULAE, she traced her own hand and shoe, eschewing any direct mark-making. Please complete all fields. Please enter a valid email address. Please enter a ...
Marisol Escobar grew up in Venezuela and inspired some of the most successful artists of the 20th century. An exhibit at the Perez Art Museum hopes to give the artist her spotlight back. The artist ...
NEW YORK — Marisol, a Venezuelan-American artist who fused pop art imagery and folk art in assemblages and sculptures that, together with her mysterious, Garboesque persona, made her one of the most ...
Catholicism imbued Marisol with beliefs in mystery, miracles, intercession and awareness of a spiritual/supernatural aspect of life that permeated both her character and work as an artist. During thee ...
The Louvre Robbed, the 2026 Color of the Year, and Yet More Yattering About Race PEN America’s Inflated Book-Ban List Famous for her offbeat ’60s sculpture but long forgotten, the Latin Garbo gets a ...
CHICAGO — In his book The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again, the famous pop artist considered the surface nature of his life and art in a very deadpan manner. He gives equal ...