Background
Castro was born in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, on December 9, 1930.
Lourdes Castro attended the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon (now the Faculty of Fine Arts at University of Lisbon). She completed her studies there in 1956.
Lourdes Castro attended the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon (now the Faculty of Fine Arts at University of Lisbon). She completed her studies there in 1956.
Lourdes Castro.
Lourdes Castro.
Young Lourdes Castro.
Castro was born in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, on December 9, 1930.
Lourdes Castro attended the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon (now the Faculty of Fine Arts at University of Lisbon). She completed her studies there in 1956.
Castro held her first solo exhibition at Clube Funchalense, Funchal, in 1955. Around this time she also participated in some collective exhibitions in Lisbon.
Lourdes Castro left for Munich in 1957 and, shortly thereafter, settled in Paris. The following year, together with the KWY group, which included such artists as Gonçalo Duarte, João Vieira, José Escada, René Bertholo, Costa Pinheiro, Jan Voss and Christo, she participated in various group activities.
In 1960 the painter joined the KWY show at Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, an exhibition that, according to Rui Mário Gonçalves, marked a new stage in the Portuguese art. After 25 years of living in Paris, Castro returned to Funchal, Portugal, 1983, where she currently lives.
Among Lourdes Castro's latest major solo exhibitions have been the following: Sombras à volta de um Centro, Serralves Foundation, Porto, 2003; O Grande Herbário de Sombras, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 2002. In 2000, Lourdes Castro represented Portugal at the XVIII Bienal de S. Paulo, together with Francisco Tropa.
Lourdes Castro is a distinguished contemporary artist. Her artworks have featured in numerous exhibitions at major galleries and museums, including the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art and the Museu Coleção Berardo.
She was awarded the following awards: Medal of the Regional Council Salon de Montrouge, Paris, in 1995; CELPA Award / Vieira da Silva in 2004; EDP Lisbon Grand Prix in 2000.
Today, her works are displayed in several public and private collections, among which: National Museums of Warsaw, Wroclaw and Lódz; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade; Museum of Modern Art, Havana; Calouste Gulbenkian Museum Modern Collection, Lisbon; Serralves Foundation, Porto.
Castro's paintings have been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $189 USD to $62,565 USD. The current record price for this artist at auction is $62,565 USD for her work "Ombre portée-bleu blanc", which was sold at Christie's South Kensington in 2010.
Sombra projectada de Milvia Maglione
Verão
Echium Nervosum
Anaphalis Margaritacca
Sombra Projectada de Claudine Bury
Ananas Tropical
Untitled composition (Ombre)
Untitled (Flowers)
Ombre portée de Maurice Henry
Sombra Projectada de Christa Maar
Sombra projectada de René Bertholo
Auto-retrato
Sombras Brancas II
Trachelium Caeruleum
Inverno
Sombras Brancas III
Crescem à Sombra
Sombra projectada de Adami
Ombres Colorées autour d'un Vase
Teatro de Sombras, As Cinco Estações (still)
Sombras Brancas I
Primavera
Outono
Linhas de Sombra
Lourdes Castro is a widow; her husband René Bertholo, a Portuguese artist and sculptor, died in 2005.
