Zélie Lardé

Zélie Lardé Arthés (1901–1974) was a Salvadoran painter, considered the first Primitivist painter in El Salvador.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lardé and the second or maternal family name is Arthés.
Zélie Lardé
Zélie Lardé Arthés
Born(1901-08-11)August 11, 1901
San Salvador, El Salvador
DiedOctober 27, 1974(1974-10-27) (aged 73)
San Salvador, El Salvador
NationalitySalvadoran
Occupationpainter
MovementPrimitivism

Biography

Zélie Lardé was born on 11 August 1901 in San Salvador, 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 El Salvador.

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 John Forbes Nash. [2]

Zélie Lardé was a self-taught practitioner in arts and painting. She was the first in El Salvador to adopt the Russian art movement Primitivism, which later became a large movement in the 1970s in El Salvador.

In 1974 she died in San Salvador, battling cancer.

Most famous works
An exemplary Primitivist painting by 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 Salvadoran daily life of peasants and lower society, as well as marginal sectors.[3] The majority of her work can be found as illustrations in the first edition of the book by Salazar Aruebe - "Cuentes de Cipotes" (1961).[4][5]

Other notable works of hers include:

  • "Cuentos de cipotes", 1961
  • Día de Fiesta
  • Recreo de escuela
  • Familia[6]

References
  1. "artista del mes" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  2. "Noticias de El Salvador - La Prensa Gráfica | Informate con la verdad". Noticias de El Salvador - La Prensa Gráfica | Informate con la verdad (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  3. Panamá, Dra Astrid Bahamond (2011-09-01). Procesos del arte en El Salvador (in Spanish). Dra. Astrid Bahamond Panamá. ISBN 978-99923-0-228-6.
  4. "Salarrué | MUSEO DE LA PALABRA Y LA IMAGEN". Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  5. Pincel, luz, color : Zelie Lardé, Julia Díaz, Rosa Mena Valenzuela : su legado, su obra. Carmen González Huguet, Fundación Julia Díaz. [San Salvador, El Salvador]: CONCULTURA. 2007. ISBN 978-99923-79-76-9. OCLC 407067872.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. "artista del mes" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-11.
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