María Carlota "Lotte" Schultz (1925- January 22, 2016) was a

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artist. Schulz used several different media in her work, including

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drawing Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, ...

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

and

printmaking Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand processed techniq ...

. She is known for her innovative prints using

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. Schultz was also trained in

art restoration The conservation and restoration of cultural property focuses on protection and care of cultural property (tangible cultural heritage), including artworks, architecture, archaeology, and museum collections. Conservation activities include prev ...

. Schultz shared her skills with others as a teacher and worked as an artist throughout her life.

Biography

Schulz was born as María Carlota Schulz in 1925 in

Encarnación, Paraguay Encarnación () is a district and the capital city of Itapúa Department in Paraguay, located at the south-east of the department, on the right-hand (western) shore of the Paraná River, opposite Posadas, Argentina. The city has an area of 27 ...

. Her father was an immigrant to Paraguay from

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and her mother was Paraguayan. When Schulz was four, the family moved to

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and lived in

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and Foz de Iguaçu. Later, the family moved back to Paraguay, living in

Asunción Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of ...

. Schultz studied drawing and painting with

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in Curitiba between the years 1937 and 1942. She learned

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from

Livio Abramo Livio Abramo (June 23, 1903 – April 26, 1992) was a Brazilian-born Paraguayan sketcher, engraver, and aquarellist. Abramo was born on June 23, 1903, in Araraquara, Brazil to History of the Jews in Italy, Italian-Jewish parents of Sephardi ...

at the Julián de la Herrería Print Workshop in Asunción in the 1950s. Schultz also worked as a director of the workshop between 1956 and 1960. Schultz also studied

with Edward G. Alien. Schulz also learned

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and

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. Schultz taught classes on art restoration and art conservation at the Museo de Bellas Artes. She also taught free art classes at the Escolinha de Arte. Schulz won second prize at the 1965 Esso Salon of Young Artists in Latin America for Paraguay in the category of painting. In 2008, she was named a ''Maestra del Arte'' by the Centro Cultural de la República El Cabildo. She was awarded the '' Orden Nacional al Mérito en el Grado de Gran Cruz'' in 2009''.'' Schulz died on January 22, 2016, in

Luque Luque () is a city in Central Department of Paraguay, part of the Gran Asunción metropolitan area. Both 1635 and 1750 have been recorded as dates of its founding. It was temporarily the capital of Paraguay in 1868 during the Paraguayan War be ...

. After Schultz' death, her body was on view at the Museo de Bellas Artes before her remains were

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Work

Schultz worked in several different mediums, including

, painting,

graphic design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdiscipli ...

and

. She was also involved in art restoration. Schultz' work in printmaking used different materials, such as

woodcuts Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts. Areas that ...

and embossing. She was influenced by her teacher,

. Schultz used abstraction and geometric forms in her prints. Her work also pays special attention to tonal value and rhythm. One of the innovations that Schulz created in printmaking was the use of

to make prints. Schultz has work in the permanent collections of the Museo de Bellas Artes in Asunción, the Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA), The Museo de la Fundación Texo, and she has shown her work in North and South America, Europe and

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. Her art has also appeared on a Paraguayan

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References

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{{Authority control 1925 births 2016 deaths People from Encarnación, Paraguay People from Asunción People from Luque Paraguayan women artists 20th-century Paraguayan artists