Valetta Swann was an English painter and sculptor, known for her work related to rural and indigenous life in Mexico and the United States.
14 Facts About Valetta Swann
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Malinowski died in 1942, and Valetta Swann decided to live permanently in Mexico City, having her first individual exhibition at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1945.
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Valetta Swann had more than fifty individual exhibitions of her work in Mexico, the United States and Europe and her work was recognized with membership in Mexico's Salon de la Plastica Mexicana.
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Valetta Swann lived with him in London, where she attended the Warwick Art School and later the Central Art School.
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In 1930 she separated from Valetta Swann and abandoned painting for two and a half years, resuming again in 1933.
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Valetta Swann's research took them to indigenous regions of the United States and Mexico, and Swann collaborated on projects such as studying the market systems of Oaxaca, contributing drawings and photographs to her husband's text.
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Malinowski died in 1942, and Valetta Swann then settled permanently in Mexico City.
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Valetta Swann died in this city in 1973, leaving many of Malinowski's papers in her possession to his three daughters from a first marriage.
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Valetta Swann began exhibited her work in Europe in the 1930s, especially in the Wertheim Gallery in London and the Zak Gallery in Paris.
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Valetta Swann participated in collective exhibitions such as the 12 painters from Mexico at the Velentin Gallery in Zurich.
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Valetta Swann created several portable murals such as Cosmic Symphony in 1960 and The Delights in 1964.
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Valetta Swann created bronze sculptures such as Woman's Torso in 1960.
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Valetta Swann's work was recognized with membership in Mexico's Salon de la Plastica Mexicana.
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Valetta Swann is best known for her depictions of rural and indigenous life in Mexico, which she found to be a strong source of inspiration, linking their traditional values with her pictorial ones.