Bela Duarte
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Isabel "Bela" Duarte (1940 — 20 June 2023) was a Cape Verdean artist.
Born on São Vicente, Cape Verde in 1940, she studied decorative arts in Lisbon, Portugal and took the drawing course at the Template:Ill. By 1974, she returned to Cape Verde and taught drawing.[1] Together with Manuel Figueira and Luísa Queirós,[2][3] she created the Cooperativa da Resistência (The Resistance Cooperative), later the Centro Nacional de Artesanato (CNA) to preserve traditional Cape Verdean crafts.[3] There she taught weaving, tapestry, and batik.[1]
Bela Duarte made her works and painted in oil and acrylic, batik maker, webbing and one other. In 1992, along with Queiros, she presented in a gallery in Mindelo "azul + azul = verde" for batik, craftsmanship and artist.[4]
In the 1970s, Bela Duarte successfully took place in numerous art exhibitions in Cape Verde, Belgium, Portugal, France, and the United States.[1] For her batik work in 1995, she was received by the national cultural institute the renominated Fonte Lima Prize.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 2023, she was scheduled to participate in the "Alma das Ilhas Tour" arranged by Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva.[5] However, she died in the afternoon on 20 June. The following day, her death was announced by Minister of Culture Luisa, who said her art is "immortalized".[1]
Awards
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- 2010 — First Class of the Ordem do Vulcão
- 2018 — First Class of the Mérito da República de Cabo Verde
References
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