Clara Porset | |
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| Born | May 25, 1895 Matanzas, Captaincy General of Cuba, Spanish Empire |
| Died | May 17, 1981 (aged 85) |
| Education | Manhattanville Academy (1911-14) Bachelor of Arts, School of Fine Arts, Columbia University, New York School of Interior Design New York |
| Known for | Design, Interior Design, Furniture Design |
| Spouse | Xavier Guerrero |
| Awards | Silver Medal, Eleventh Milan Triennial |
Clara Porset (May 25, 1895 – May 17, 1981) was a Cuban-born furniture and interior designer.[1] From 1935 until her death, she lived and worked mainly in Mexico,[2] where she is considered a pioneer in furniture design.[3] She was educated in the United States and Cuba, and later studied in Europe in Germany and Paris. She also studied at Black Mountain College, North Carolina, in 1934.
- ^ "Cuba Rediscovers Clara Porset". www.cubanartnews.org. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
- ^ Sheppard, Randal (April 2018). "Clara Porset in Mid Twentieth-Century Mexico: The Politics of Designing, Producing, and Consuming Revolutionary Nationalist Modernity" (PDF). The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History. 75 (2): 349–379. doi:10.1017/tam.2017.182. ISSN 0003-1615. S2CID 149749469.
- ^ Fernández, Silvia (2006). "The Origins of Design Education in Latin America: From the hfg in Ulm to Globalization". Design Issues. 22 (1): 3–19. doi:10.1162/074793606775247790. JSTOR 25224027. S2CID 57561235.