Zélie Lardé Arthés (1901–1974) was a

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painter, considered the first

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painter in

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Biography

Zélie Lardé was born on 11 August 1901 in

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, El Salvador. Her brother was a scientist and archaeologist Jorge Lardé y Arthés. Her sister, Alice Lardé de Venturino was also a poet, and pedagogue in

. In 1923, Zelié married the Salvadoran artist Salazar Arrué. They had three daughters – María Teresa, Aída Estela, and Olga Teresa. She later became the mother in law to the famous United States mathematician

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. Zélie Lardé was a self-taught practitioner in arts and painting. She was the first in

to adopt the

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art movement

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, which later became a large movement in the 1970s in El Salvador. In 1974 she died in San Salvador, battling cancer.

Selected works

Henri Rousseau - Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo

The majority of her works were represented by expressionist strokes of thick lines, using pure colors to express scenes of traditional

daily life of peasants and lower society, as well as marginal sectors. The majority of her work can be found as illustrations in the first edition of the book by Salazar Aruebe - "Cuentes de Cipotes" (1961). Other notable works of hers include: * "Cuentos de cipotes", 1961 * Día de Fiesta * Recreo de escuela * Familia

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Larde, Zelie 1901 births 1974 deaths Salvadoran painters Salvadoran people of French descent