Antonia Eiriz

Biography:

Antonia Eiriz Vázquez was a Cuban painter whose work was exhibited throughout Latin America during her life. She received a National Culture Award in 1981 and in 1983 received the Alejandro Carpenter Medal. In 1989 the Cuban government awarded her the Félix Varela Order; in 1994 she was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. She gave up painting in the 1960s thereafter devoting her life and talents to Cuban crafts.