movement death_date death_place birth_place imagesize training nationality name field birth_date works image article_title birth_name bgcolour
modern art 17 september 1994 caracas , venezuela hamburg , germany 220 px technische hochschule of stuttgart , germany german and venezuelan gego sculptor , architect , printmaker 1 august 1912 reticulárea gego-hrsolmitzarchives . jpg gego
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gego

gertrud louise goldschmidt -lrb- 1 august 1912 -- 17 september 1994 -rrb- also known as gego , was a modern venezuelan artist and sculptor .
gego 's most popular works were produced in the 1960s and 1970s , during the height of popularity of geometric abstract art and kinetic art .
although these genres influenced her somewhat , gego tried to develop her own style and break from the popular art of venezuela .
her artwork is commonly exhibited with artists like lygia clark , hélio oiticica and mira schendel .
dying in 1994 , she left a collection of writings describing her thoughts about art which adds to her legacy as a latin american artist .
