Alejandro Otero
Alejandro Otero | |
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A sculpture by Alejandro Otero at Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art | |
| Born | March 7, 1921 El Manteco, Bolívar |
| Died | August 13, 1990 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Known for | geometric abstract painter, sculptor, writer, cultural promoter |
| Movement | Op Art, Geometric abstraction |
| Spouse | Mercedes Pardo |
| Awards | 1940 - First prize in the First Venezuelan Official Art Salon / 1958: Otero was awarded the National Prize for Painting in the Official Salon / 1959:represented Venezuela in the Biennale of São Paulo, receiving an honourable mention |
Alejandro Otero (El Manteco, Bolívar, March 7, 1921 — Caracas, August 13, 1990) was a Venezuelan painter of Geometric abstraction, a sculptor, a writer and a cultural promoter. He was a founding member of the Los Disidentes group.