María Luisa Pacheco papers
name: label: Creator
content: Pacheco, María Luisa, 1918-1982
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were donated in 1982 by Maria Eugenia Ascarrunz, daughter of María Luisa Pacheco.
creator: label: Creator
content: Pacheco, María Luisa, 1918-1982
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content: María Luisa Pacheco papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Bolivian born painter María Luisa Pacheco measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1951 to circa 1980. The collection is comprised of exhibition announcements and catalogs; greeting cards including one card designed by Pacheco; newsletters; photographs and transparencies of Pacheco, an exhibition catalog, and works of art; and Pacheco's student card from La Escuela Central de Bellas Artes de San Fernando de Madrid.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: María Luisa Pacheco (1918-1982) was a painter in New York, N.Y. She was born in La Paz, Bolivia and studied at the Academia de Bellas Artes in La Paz where she later taught. She also studied with Velasquez Diaz. In La Paz she worked as an illustrator and editor for the newspaper La Razón. In 1951 Pacheco was allowed to attend La Escuela Central de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, Spain as a graduate student and instructor. She moved to New York in 1956 as a Guggenheim Fellowship Award recipient. She also worked as a textile designer and as an illustrator at Life magazine. 

Pacheco painted archaeological and mountain shapes translating them into semi-abstract forms. Her preferred media was wood, sand, acrylic, oil, and collage. She has been called a pioneer in the development of Bolivian contemporary art. Pacheco lived in New York until her death in 1982.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1951-circa 1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pachmari
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as one series.

Series 1: María Luisa Pacheco papers, 1951-circa 1980 (Box 1, OV 2; 0.5 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Sarah Mundy in 2018.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Bolivian born painter María Luisa Pacheco measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1951 to circa 1980. The collection is comprised of exhibition announcements and catalogs; greeting cards including one card designed by Pacheco; newsletters; photographs and transparencies of Pacheco, an exhibition catalog, and works of art; and Pacheco's student card from La Escuela Central de Bellas Artes de San Fernando de Madrid.