Artist

Bertina Lopes

Portrait of Bertina Lopes

Italian, 1924–2012

Bertina Lopes was an Italian Contemporary Abstract artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Bertina Lopes was born in Maputo.

Bertina Lopes was a Mozambican-born, Italian painter and sculptor. Lopes' work displays a deep African sensibility with saturated colours and bold compositions of mask-like figures and geometric forms. She has been acknowledged for highlighting 'the social criticism and nationalistic fervour that influenced other Mozambican artists of her time'.

Collections represented

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