Sonia Sekula
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Sonia Sekula (also known as Sonja Sekula) was a Swiss-born artist linked with the abstract expressionist movement.
She was born in Lucerne
on 8 April 1918 to a Swiss mother, Berta Huguenin (1896–1980), and a Hungarian father, Béla Sekula
(1881–1966), a philatelist.
She lived in America from 1936 to 1955.
She attended Sarah Lawrence College.
She met the surrealists in exile in New York during 1942.
On 25 April 1963 she hanged herself in her studio in Zurich
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She is buried in St.Moritz as she had requested in a letter to her mother.
She was born in Lucerne
Lucerne
Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...
on 8 April 1918 to a Swiss mother, Berta Huguenin (1896–1980), and a Hungarian father, Béla Sekula
Bela Sekula
Béla Székula, also Bela Sekula , was a Hungarian philatelist, stamp dealer and forger who lived in Hungary, Switzerland and the USA....
(1881–1966), a philatelist.
She lived in America from 1936 to 1955.
She attended Sarah Lawrence College.
She met the surrealists in exile in New York during 1942.
On 25 April 1963 she hanged herself in her studio in Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
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She is buried in St.Moritz as she had requested in a letter to her mother.
Exhibitions
- 1943 - Group show 31 Women Artists, Art of this Century Gallery, New York
- 1948 - Betty ParsonsBetty ParsonsBetty Parsons, born Betty Bierne Pierson, was an American artist and art dealer known for her early promotion of Abstract Expressionism. She was known as "the den mother of Abstract Expressionism"...
Gallery, New York - 1957 - Galerie Palette, Zurich, Switzerland
- 1996 - Kunstmuseum WinterthurKunstmuseum WinterthurKunstmuseum Winterthur is an art museum in Winterthur, Switzerland run up today by the local Kunstverein, founded in CHK...
, Switzerland (1 June - 11 August) - 1996 - Sonja Sekula (1918–1963): A Retrospective, Swiss Institute, New York, USA (12 September - 26 October)