Raquel Partnoy
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Raquel Partnoy is a painter, poet, and essayist. She studied at an art school in that city but it was after she got married and moved to the southern port city of Bahía Blanca
in1954, that she attended for several years the Buenos Aires’s workshop of the influential Argentine painter and teacher Demetrio Urruchúa.http://www.urruchua.com.ar/index.html
Partnoy’s first show was at Van Riel Gallery in 1965, and she continued to paint and held exhibitions at diverse venues in Buenos Aires
and other cities of her country until 1994 when she moved to the United States. She settled in Washington D.C. where she continued her artistic career. At the invitation of the Embassy of Argentina in Washington D.C Partnoy exhibited her series “Women of the Tango” and “Tango: Inner Landscapes” in 1997 and 2003, where she portrayed stories found in tango
lyrics such of those of young women who were discriminated against and mistreated by society. She has also had solo exhibits at the B'nai Brith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Goucher College
, and Washington's Studio Gallery.http://wwol.is.asu.edu/partnoy.html
Through her series of paintings “Surviving Genocide,” which was shown at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
in 2003, Partnoy depicted her family experiences during the military dictatorship
in Argentina (1976–1983) when 30,000 persons disappeared and were eventually killed by state terrorism. On January 12, 1977, her daughter Alicia Partnoy
was kidnapped by the Army and disappeared for three and a half months. During this time they kept her in the concentration camp La Escuelita in Bahía Blanca. She was imprisoned for a total of three years in other jails. Both Raquel Partnoy’s essay on “Surviving Genocide” and the images of her paintings on this subject, were published in The Jewish Diaspora in Latin American and the Caribbean: Fragments os Memory, Kristin Ruggiero, ed. Sussex Academic Press, UK, 2005.
http://www.southendpress.org/2004/items/WWR
She is the illustrator of The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival, co-written by her daughter and Dominican American author Julia Alvarez
.http://www.asu.edu/brp/dist/LASLCE/APart.html
Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca is a city located in the south-west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and seat of government of Bahía Blanca Partido. It has a population of 274,509 inhabitants according to the...
in1954, that she attended for several years the Buenos Aires’s workshop of the influential Argentine painter and teacher Demetrio Urruchúa.http://www.urruchua.com.ar/index.html
Partnoy’s first show was at Van Riel Gallery in 1965, and she continued to paint and held exhibitions at diverse venues in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
and other cities of her country until 1994 when she moved to the United States. She settled in Washington D.C. where she continued her artistic career. At the invitation of the Embassy of Argentina in Washington D.C Partnoy exhibited her series “Women of the Tango” and “Tango: Inner Landscapes” in 1997 and 2003, where she portrayed stories found in tango
Tango music
Tango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...
lyrics such of those of young women who were discriminated against and mistreated by society. She has also had solo exhibits at the B'nai Brith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Goucher College
Goucher College
Goucher College is a private, co-educational, liberal arts college located in the northern Baltimore suburb of Towson in unincorporated Baltimore County, Maryland, on a 287 acre campus. The school has approximately 1,475 undergraduate students studying in 31 majors and six interdisciplinary...
, and Washington's Studio Gallery.http://wwol.is.asu.edu/partnoy.html
Through her series of paintings “Surviving Genocide,” which was shown at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
There are a number of libraries named in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., among them:* Martin Luther King Jr. Library – Learning Resource Center of the Los Angeles City College in Los Angeles, California...
in 2003, Partnoy depicted her family experiences during the military dictatorship
Dictatorship
A dictatorship is defined as an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual, the dictator. It has three possible meanings:...
in Argentina (1976–1983) when 30,000 persons disappeared and were eventually killed by state terrorism. On January 12, 1977, her daughter Alicia Partnoy
Alicia Partnoy
Alicia Mabel Partnoy is a human rights activist, poet, and translator.After Argentinian President Juan Perón died, the students from the left of the Peronist political party organized with fervor within the country's universities and with workers, were persecuted and imprisoned...
was kidnapped by the Army and disappeared for three and a half months. During this time they kept her in the concentration camp La Escuelita in Bahía Blanca. She was imprisoned for a total of three years in other jails. Both Raquel Partnoy’s essay on “Surviving Genocide” and the images of her paintings on this subject, were published in The Jewish Diaspora in Latin American and the Caribbean: Fragments os Memory, Kristin Ruggiero, ed. Sussex Academic Press, UK, 2005.
http://www.southendpress.org/2004/items/WWR
She is the illustrator of The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival, co-written by her daughter and Dominican American author Julia Alvarez
Julia Álvarez
Julia Alvarez is a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. Born in New York of Dominican descent, she spent the first ten years of her childhood in the Dominican Republic, until her father's involvement in a political rebellion forced her family to flee the country.Alvarez rose to...
.http://www.asu.edu/brp/dist/LASLCE/APart.html