Education
Born in Santiago de los Caballeros, she initially studied art under Yoryi Morel in his academy in that city.
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Clara Ledesma
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Ledesma later enrolled in the National School of Fine Arts in Santo Domingo, graduating in 1948. Her professors included Celeste Woss y Gil and George Hausdorf, while her primary mentor was painting professor Josep Gausachs. Fellow students included Gilberto Hernández Ortega and Eligio Pichardo.
With the proceeds from a very successful solo exhibition in 1952, Ledesma traveled to Europe to further her education.
Ledesma also traveled to Lisbon and Paris to visit important museums. She was particularly influenced by the works of Marc Chagall, Joan Miró and Paul Klee.
During her stay in Europe, Ledesma met Bolivian artist Walter Terrazas, who returned to Santo Domingo with her in 1954. In Santo Domingo, she worked closely with other important Dominican artists, including Gilberto Hernández Ortega, Josep Gausachs and Jaime Colson.
In 1955, she was named vice director of the National School of Fine Arts.
She lived and worked in New York City the rest of her life. Exhibitions and artwork
She had numerous international solo exhibitions, including events in Madrid, Mexico City and New York City, and participated in group exhibitions in Brazil, Spain, Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Argentina and Puerto Rico. Ledesma"s style ranged from Expressionism and Surrealism to Abstraction.
In 1955, journalist Horia Tanasescu described her work, "At times ironic, often playful, but taking great care in the production of her paintings, this artist introduces an enthusiasm for life to the national art scene that is in striking contrast to the solemnity of the majority of her fellow artists."
Ledesma died, age 74 or 75, in New York City.
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