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| Born | Gertrud Louise Goldschmidt 1 August 1912 |
| Died | 17 September 1994 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | German and Venezuelan |
| Education | Technische Hochschule of Stuttgart, Germany |
| Known for | Sculptor, Architect, Printmaker |
| Notable work | Reticulárea |
| Movement | Modern Art |
| Awards | Premio Nacional de Artes Plasticas |
| Website | gegoartista |
Gertrud Louise Goldschmidt (1 August 1912 – 17 September 1994), known as Gego, was a modern German-Venezuelan visual artist.[1] Gego is perhaps best known for her geometric and kinetic sculptures made in the 1960s and 1970s, which she described as "drawings without paper".[2]
- ^ Kalenberg, Angel. "Gego". Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art. Ed. Jane Turner. 1 vol. New York: New York, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-531075-7.
- ^ Cotter, Holland."Off the Page and in the Air, Drawing Transformed", The New York Times, Retrieved 11 November 2018.