Hilda Aurora Vidal Valdés (born August 13, 1941, in
Havana,
Cuba) is a Cuban artist, specializing in painting, drawing, design, sculpture,
collage
Collage (, from the french: coller, "to glue" or "to stick together";) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. ...
, artistic tapestry, and
papier mache.
Vidal from 1959 to 1961, studied fashion design and interior design at the ''Lily del Barrio's American Academy'' in
Havana,
Cuba, and in 1961, studied scenography and theater wardrobe at the ''Sala Arlequín'' in
Havana, Cuba. She was married to fellow Cuban painter
Manuel Vidal.
In 2021, the National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba acquires two oil on canvas works by Hilda Vidal.
Individual exhibitions
* 1975 – ''"Pinturas de Hilda Vidal"''; Galería La Rampa,
Hotel Habana Libre,
Havana, Cuba.
* 1978 – ''"Paseo por el Sol. Oleos de Hilda Vidal"''; ''Centro de Arte Internacional'',
Havana, Cuba.
* 1997 – ''"La Pintura de la Artista Cubana – Hilda Vidal"'', ''BoyCott Art Gallery'',
Brussels, Belgium.
* 1997 – ''"El Tiempo que me Interroga. Pinturas y Dibujos de Hilda Vidal"''; ''Galeria La Acacia'',
Havana, Cuba.
Collective exhibitions
She was part of many collective exhibitions:
* 1974 – ''IV Salón Nacional Juvenil de Artes Plásticas'',
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana,
Havana, Cuba.
* 1988 – ''"Creadoras Cubanas. Pintura y Escultura"'',
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana,
Havana, Cuba.
* 1992 – ''Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte'',
Museo Metropolitano de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
* 1998 – ''"Tributo a la Danza"'', in the Galería Habana,
Havana, Cuba.
Awards
* 1976 – First Prize; ''Exposición Concurso Muñecas de Trapo'',
Museo de Artes Decorativas,
Havana, Cuba.
* 1983 – Honorable Mention in Painting; Salón de la Ciudad, ''Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño'',
Havana, Cuba.
References
Diario Granma, ''Hilda Vidal en Pequeño Espacio''; February 5, 2004
* ''Cuadros de Leonardo, Pinturas de Hilda Vidal'', Editor Gerardo Mosquera, 1985, Centro de Arte 23 y 12; Havana, Cuba.
* Jose Viegas; ''Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx''; (California Intl Arts 2004);
External links
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1941 births
Living people
20th-century Cuban women artists
21st-century Cuban women artists
Artists from Havana
Cuban contemporary artists
Cuban painters
Modern painters
Cuban women painters
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