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'''Bertina Lopes''' (July 11, 1924 – February 10, 2012)<ref name="archiviobertinalopes.net1">{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviobertinalopes.net/index.php?page=biografia.php&l=e|title=:: Archivio Bertina Lopes ::|website=www.archiviobertinalopes.net|accessdate=22 September 2017|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226003801/http://www.archiviobertinalopes.net/index.php?page=biografia.php&l=e|url-status=dead}}</ref> be a [[Mozambique|Mozambican]]-born, [[Italy|Italian]] painter den sculptor. Lopes' work displays a deep African sensibility plus saturated colours den bold compositions of mask-like figures den geometric forms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/ModernAfricanArt/monographs_detail.cfm?artist=Lopes,%20Bertina,%201924-2012|title=Monographs on African Artists|last=Stanley|first=Janet L.|website=www.sil.si.edu|access-date=2018-12-09}}</ref> Dem acknowledge am for highlighting 'de social criticism den nationalistic fervour dat wey influence oda Mozambican artists of ein time'.<ref name="archiviobertinalopes.net1" />
'''Bertina Lopes''' (July 11, 1924 – February 10, 2012)<ref name="archiviobertinalopes.net1">{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviobertinalopes.net/index.php?page=biografia.php&l=e|title=:: Archivio Bertina Lopes ::|website=www.archiviobertinalopes.net|accessdate=22 September 2017|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226003801/http://www.archiviobertinalopes.net/index.php?page=biografia.php&l=e|url-status=dead}}</ref> na she be a [[Mozambique|Mozambican]]-born, Italian painter den sculptor. Lopes ein work dey display a deep African sensibility plus saturated colours den bold compositions of mask-like figures den geometric forms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/ModernAfricanArt/monographs_detail.cfm?artist=Lopes,%20Bertina,%201924-2012|title=Monographs on African Artists|last=Stanley|first=Janet L.|website=www.sil.si.edu|access-date=2018-12-09}}</ref> Na dem acknowledge am for she dey highlight 'the social criticism and nationalistic fervour that influenced other Mozambican artists of her time'.<ref name="archiviobertinalopes.net1" />
== Personal life ==
== Life ==
Dem born Lopes insyd [[Maputo]] (wey formerly dey know as [[Lourenço Marques]]), [[Mozambique]], for July 11, 1924, to an African mother, whose family be locally bell, den a Portuguese father, hu be a fieldworker. She get ein education insyd Maputo, but after ein second year of senior high school, she relocate to [[Lisbon]] to complete secondary school, where she study painting den drawing plus [[Lino António]] den [[Celestino Alves]] den earn a degree insyd painting den sculpture.<ref name="archiviobertinalopes.net1" /> Around dat time she meet artists such as [[Marcelino Vespeira]], [[Carlos Botelho]], [[Albertina Mantua]], [[Costa Pinheiro]], [[Júlio Pomar]] den [[Nuno Sampayo]].<ref name="archiviobertinalopes.net1" /> Insyd 1953 Lopes return to Mozambique, where she marry poet [[Virgilio de Lemos]], plus whom she get twin sons.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mozambiquehistory.net/bertina_lopes.php|title=MHN: Bertina Lopes|website=www.mozambiquehistory.net|access-date=2018-11-26}}</ref> Lopes teach Artistic Drawing at General Machado Girls’ [[Technical school|Technical School]] for nine years.<ref name="archiviobertinalopes.net1" /> Although dem appreciate am for ein innovative teaching skills, these would occasionally enter insyd conflict plus de school ruling system. Insyd 1955 de Lemos publish an anti-[[Colonialism|colonial]] poem dat result insyd a trial for desecration of de [[Flag of Portugal|Portuguese flag]]. He subsequently join de Mozambican Resistance (1954–61) den dem arrest am for [[subversion]]. De events reinforce Lopes' sympathy for de weak den oppress fringes of de population – a subject dat would often recur insyd ein art.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|url=http://www.archiviobertinalopes.net/index.php?page=biografia.php&l=e|title=:: Archivio Bertina Lopes ::|website=www.archiviobertinalopes.net|access-date=2018-11-25|archive-date=2021-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226003801/http://www.archiviobertinalopes.net/index.php?page=biografia.php&l=e|url-status=dead}}</ref> During dis period of ein life, cultural nationalism becam a large influence for both ein artwork den personal ideology.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=BERTINA LOPES Mozambican 1924-2012 UNTITLED|url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/modern-and-contemporary-african-art/bertina-lopes-untitled|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028171545/https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/modern-and-contemporary-african-art/bertina-lopes-untitled |archive-date=2020-10-28 |access-date=|website=Sotheby's}}</ref>
Na dem born Lopes insyd Maputo (dem formerly know am as Lourenço Marques), [[Mozambique]], for July 11, 1924, to an African mommie, wey na dem know ein family locally, den a Portuguese poppie, wey na he be a fieldworker. Na she be educated insyd Maputo, buh after ein second year of senior high school, she relocate go Lisbon make she plete secondary school, wer she study painting den drawing plus Lino António den Celestino Alves wey she earn a degree insyd painting den sculpture.<ref name="archiviobertinalopes.net1" /> Around dat time she meet artists such as Marcelino Vespeira, Carlos Botelho, Albertina Mantua, Costa Pinheiro, Júlio Pomar den Nuno Sampayo.<ref name="archiviobertinalopes.net1" /> Insyd 1953 Lopes return to Mozambique, wer na she marry poet Virgilio de Lemos, plus whom she get twin sons.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mozambiquehistory.net/bertina_lopes.php|title=MHN: Bertina Lopes|website=www.mozambiquehistory.net|access-date=2018-11-26}}</ref> Lopes teach Artistic Drawing for General Machado Girls’ Technical School for nine years.<ref name="archiviobertinalopes.net1" /> Although na dem appreciate am for ein innovative teaching skills, dese go occasionally enter insyd conflict plus de school ruling system. Insyd 1955 de Lemos publish an anti-colonial poem wey result insyd a trial for desecration of de Portuguese flag. He subsequently join de Mozambican Resistance (1954–61) wey na dem arrest am for subversion. De events reinforce Lopes ein sympathy for de weak den oppressed fringes of de population – a subject wey go often recur insyd ein art.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|url=http://www.archiviobertinalopes.net/index.php?page=biografia.php&l=e|title=:: Archivio Bertina Lopes ::|website=www.archiviobertinalopes.net|access-date=2018-11-25|archive-date=2021-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226003801/http://www.archiviobertinalopes.net/index.php?page=biografia.php&l=e|url-status=dead}}</ref>


She die insyd Rome insyd 2012 for de age of 86.<ref name=":1" /> Na Mozambican Presido Armando Guebuza describe Lopes as '''a humble, creative, combative and generous woman, who always demanded of herself that she surpass her previous achievements''<nowiki/>'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201202130118.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012020557/http://allafrica.com/stories/201202130118.html|archive-date=2012-10-12|title=allAfrica.com: Mozambique: Guebuza Mourns Death of Bertina Lopes}}</ref>
Insyd 1956, Lopes paint a mural wey dey call "Pavilhão da Evocação Històrica" wich be inaugurate on de occasion of an official visit of [[António de Oliveira Salazar]] to Maputo. Three years later, dem nominate am as president of de “Nùcleo de Arte” of Maputo den Vice President of “Direcção” of “Nùcleo de Arte”.<ref name="archiviobertinalopes.net1" /> Due to ein association plus de Lemos, den plus de outbreak of de [[Mozambican War of Independence]] insyd sight, dem force Lopes to leave Mozambique insyd 1961. After a short period of time insyd [[Lisbon]], she move go [[Rome]]. Insyd 1964 she marry Francesco Confaloni, a computer engineer den art lover. During those times she befriend sam of de protagonists of de Italian art scene, including [[Marino Marini (sculptor)|Marino Marini]], [[Renato Guttuso]], [[Carlo Levi]] den [[Antonio Scordia]]. Insyd 1965, Lopes obtain Italian citizenship.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/modern-contemporary-african-art-l18802/lot.76.html|title=Sotheby's}}</ref>

== Work ==
Na Lopes ein work be influenced by chaw sources, wey dey include Mozambican art den Portuguese modernism. Between 1946 den 1956, she embrace de art of Western painters den South American graffiti artists.<ref name="archiviobertinalopes.net1" /> Dey follow Picasso ein death insyd 1973, Lopes pay tribute to am plus an intense painting wey symbolize political repression insyd Spain.<ref name=":02" /> Once Lopes grow closer to antifascist circles, she start dey oppose de idea of "arte negra (black art) wey na she found inspiration insyd de poetry of José Craveirinha den Noémia de Sousa, wey dey incorporate social themes into ein work.

Insyd 2022 de Richard Saltoun Gallery insyd Rome hold a retrospective of Lopes ein work.<ref name="GalleriesNow">{{cite web|title=Bertina Lopes|url=https://www.galleriesnow.net/shows/bertina-lopes/|website=GalleriesNow|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref><ref name="ArtForum">{{cite web|last1=Panicelli|first1=Ida|title=Ida Panicelli on Bertina Lopes|url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/202206/bertina-lopes-88656|website=ArtForum|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>

Insyd 2023 na dem include ein work insyd de exhibition ''Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-1970'' for de Whitechapel Gallery insyd London.<ref name="Whitechapel Gallery">{{cite web|title=Action, Gesture, Paint|url=https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/action-gesture-paint-women-and-global-abstraction-1940-70/|website=Whitechapel Gallery|access-date=21 April 2023|language=en}}</ref>

Ein work ''Sto Sognando? La Città è questa?'' dey insyd de collection of de National Museum of African Art, insyd Washington, D.C.<ref name="Smithsonian Institution">{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Sto Sognando? La Città è questa?|url=https://www.si.edu/object/nmafa_2014-27-1|website=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=21 April 2023|language=en}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==

* Nello Ponente, ''Bertina Lopes'', Skema Centro d'Arte e Cultura, Rome, 1978
* Enrico Crispolti, ''Lungo viaggio di Bertina Lopes'', Palazzo Venezia, Rome, 1986
* Pino Nazio, ''Bertina Lopes: Il cerchio della vita'', Museo Campano, Capua, 2007
* Claudio Crescentini, ''Bertina Lopes: Tutto (o quasi)'', Palombi Editori, Rome, 2013
* Claudio Crescentini, ''Bertina Lopes: Arte e Antagonismo'', Erreciemme Edizioni, Rome, 2017
* ''L'ultima Roma di Bertina Lopes. La casa-studio dell'artista raccontata per immagini [https://www.queenkristianka.com/catalogo]'', introduzione di Domenico Nardone, Roma, Queen Kristianka Edizioni, 2024 ISBN 979-12-81379-09-1


== References ==
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== Read further ==

* [https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/bertina-lopes/ Lopes biography] on Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions
* [https://post.moma.org/tribute-and-the-modernist-constellations-of-bertina-lopes/ Tribute and The Modernist Constellations of Bertina Lopes] by Nancy Dantas on MoMA's post site.

== External links ==

* [https://www.artnet.com/artists/bertina-lopes/ images of Lopes' work] on ArtNet
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Bertina Lopes
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Country wey e be citizenMozambique, Italy Edit
Name wey dem give amBertina Edit
Family nameLopes Edit
Ein date of birth11 July 1924 Edit
Place dem born amMaputo Edit
Date wey edie10 February 2012 Edit
Place wey edieRome Edit
SpouseVirgílio de Lemos, unknown value Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signPortuguese Edit
Ein occupationpainter, sculptor, teacher Edit
EmployerEscola Preparatória General Machado Edit
Educate forEscola Superior de Belas-Artes de Lisboa Edit
Work locationPortuguese Mozambique, Portugal, Portuguese Mozambique, Rome Edit
Has works in the collectionNational Museum of Art of Mozambique Edit
Copyright status as creatorworks protected by copyrights Edit
Personal pronounL484 Edit

Bertina Lopes (July 11, 1924 – February 10, 2012)[1] na she be a Mozambican-born, Italian painter den sculptor. Lopes ein work dey display a deep African sensibility plus saturated colours den bold compositions of mask-like figures den geometric forms.[2] Na dem acknowledge am for she dey highlight 'the social criticism and nationalistic fervour that influenced other Mozambican artists of her time'.[1]

Na dem born Lopes insyd Maputo (dem formerly know am as Lourenço Marques), Mozambique, for July 11, 1924, to an African mommie, wey na dem know ein family locally, den a Portuguese poppie, wey na he be a fieldworker. Na she be educated insyd Maputo, buh after ein second year of senior high school, she relocate go Lisbon make she plete secondary school, wer she study painting den drawing plus Lino António den Celestino Alves wey she earn a degree insyd painting den sculpture.[1] Around dat time she meet artists such as Marcelino Vespeira, Carlos Botelho, Albertina Mantua, Costa Pinheiro, Júlio Pomar den Nuno Sampayo.[1] Insyd 1953 Lopes return to Mozambique, wer na she marry poet Virgilio de Lemos, plus whom she get twin sons.[3] Lopes teach Artistic Drawing for General Machado Girls’ Technical School for nine years.[1] Although na dem appreciate am for ein innovative teaching skills, dese go occasionally enter insyd conflict plus de school ruling system. Insyd 1955 de Lemos publish an anti-colonial poem wey result insyd a trial for desecration of de Portuguese flag. He subsequently join de Mozambican Resistance (1954–61) wey na dem arrest am for subversion. De events reinforce Lopes ein sympathy for de weak den oppressed fringes of de population – a subject wey go often recur insyd ein art.[4]

She die insyd Rome insyd 2012 for de age of 86.[3] Na Mozambican Presido Armando Guebuza describe Lopes as 'a humble, creative, combative and generous woman, who always demanded of herself that she surpass her previous achievements'.[5]

Na Lopes ein work be influenced by chaw sources, wey dey include Mozambican art den Portuguese modernism. Between 1946 den 1956, she embrace de art of Western painters den South American graffiti artists.[1] Dey follow Picasso ein death insyd 1973, Lopes pay tribute to am plus an intense painting wey symbolize political repression insyd Spain.[4] Once Lopes grow closer to antifascist circles, she start dey oppose de idea of "arte negra (black art) wey na she found inspiration insyd de poetry of José Craveirinha den Noémia de Sousa, wey dey incorporate social themes into ein work.

Insyd 2022 de Richard Saltoun Gallery insyd Rome hold a retrospective of Lopes ein work.[6][7]

Insyd 2023 na dem include ein work insyd de exhibition Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-1970 for de Whitechapel Gallery insyd London.[8]

Ein work Sto Sognando? La Città è questa? dey insyd de collection of de National Museum of African Art, insyd Washington, D.C.[9]

Bibliography

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  • Nello Ponente, Bertina Lopes, Skema Centro d'Arte e Cultura, Rome, 1978
  • Enrico Crispolti, Lungo viaggio di Bertina Lopes, Palazzo Venezia, Rome, 1986
  • Pino Nazio, Bertina Lopes: Il cerchio della vita, Museo Campano, Capua, 2007
  • Claudio Crescentini, Bertina Lopes: Tutto (o quasi), Palombi Editori, Rome, 2013
  • Claudio Crescentini, Bertina Lopes: Arte e Antagonismo, Erreciemme Edizioni, Rome, 2017
  • L'ultima Roma di Bertina Lopes. La casa-studio dell'artista raccontata per immagini [1], introduzione di Domenico Nardone, Roma, Queen Kristianka Edizioni, 2024 ISBN 979-12-81379-09-1

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 ":: Archivio Bertina Lopes ::". www.archiviobertinalopes.net. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. Stanley, Janet L. "Monographs on African Artists". www.sil.si.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "MHN: Bertina Lopes". www.mozambiquehistory.net. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  4. 4.0 4.1 ":: Archivio Bertina Lopes ::". www.archiviobertinalopes.net. Archived from the original on 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  5. "allAfrica.com: Mozambique: Guebuza Mourns Death of Bertina Lopes". Archived from the original on 2012-10-12.
  6. "Bertina Lopes". GalleriesNow. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  7. Panicelli, Ida. "Ida Panicelli on Bertina Lopes". ArtForum. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  8. "Sto Sognando? La Città è questa?". Smithsonian Institution (in English). Retrieved 21 April 2023.

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