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  • Country: Argentina
  • Category: Painting
  • Technique: Mixed media
  • Medium: Paper
  • Theme: Figure Painting
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  • Tags: mujer, retrato, pintura, flowers, portrait, woman

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Artwork description

From the Series "Flowers, Women and Birds" Anahi was a Guarani Indian Queen who lived by the shores of the Parana River, in Argentina. Because she wasn’t submisive,she was tied to a dry tree and set on fire by the Spanish conquerors. When the flames surrounded her, she, and the tree become one, crowned of red flowers. The tree is known today as the bucare, or ceibo, and the flower is the National Flower of the Argentine Republic. This is a legend for most people, but a true story for Guaranies.

Artist information

Toledo is a native of Argentina and lived twenty two years in the USA. She holds a MFA in Painting and Sculpture from Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes Prilidiano Pueyrredón in Buenos Aires.

She has exhibited her artwork in Argentina, Brazil,Greece, México, Bulgaria and the USA. She has won 21 awards for her drawings and sculptures in her native country. In 1997 Toledo was recognized as Outstanding Woman in the Arts and was honored with the Estrella Award by the Hispanic Women’s Network of...

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