Beatriz Caso Lombardo (May 25, 1929 – March 30, 2006) was a Mexican sculptor, whose works were recognized with membership in the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. Caso was born in

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to archeologists Alfonso Caso and María Lombardo, who discovered Tomb 7 of

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in 1932. Her parents’ profession exposed her early to pre-Columbian art, especially that of the Zapotecs. She attended the

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and later the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, working in ceramics. She married playwright

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and while traveling with him, became influenced by contemporary European sculpture. She created monumental sculptures such as images of Alfonso Caso, María Lombardo,

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, Benito Juárez and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz both in Mexico and for Mexican diplomatic sites outside the country. All of the heads of her sculptures are inlaid with precious or semi-precious stone in the eyes as she believed that the eyes were for being, rather than simply for seeing. She had two individual exhibitions at the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana in 1969 and 1975, of which she is a member and participated in various collective shows at the

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, the

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and the Merkus and Misrachi galleries.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caso, Beatriz Mexican women sculptors 1929 births 2006 deaths 20th-century Mexican women artists 20th-century Mexican sculptors Artists from Mexico City National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni