Rafaela Baroni

Rafaela Baroni
Born
Rafaela Baroni Miliani

(1935-11-01)1 November 1935
Mesa de Esnujaque, Urdaneta Municipality, Trujillo, Venezuela
Died8 March 2021(2021-03-08) (aged 85)
Betijoque, Venezuela
NationalityVenezuelan
Awardsthe National Prize of Plastic Arts in the Popular Art category (1989), the National Prize of Popular Culture (2005), the Order of Andrés Bello in First Class (2002)

Rafaela Baroni Miliani (1 November 1935 – 8 March 2021),[1] also known by the pseudonym aleafaR, was a Venezuelan sculptor, plastic artist, painter, poet, Actor and singer, self-taught whose work is oriented to her religious faith,[2][3] and who, among others, received in 1989 the National Prize of Plastic Arts in the Popular Art category,[4] and in 2005 the National Prize of Popular Culture, both awarded by the Venezuelan Ministry of Culture,[5] as well as the Order of Andrés Bello in First Class in 2002.[6] She is also recognized for her cultural contribution to the Trujillo state, due to the creation of the Museo del Espejo, the Ojos del Búho Cultural Center and the house museum El paraíso de Aleafar.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rafaela Baroni dejó sus Cielos de madera". El Universal (in Spanish). 2021-09-03. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  2. ^ Fundación Galería de Arte Nacional, ed. (2005). Diccionario Biográfico De Las Artes Visuales En Venezuela (in Spanish). ISBN 9789806420182.
  3. ^ Machado, Alí Medina (2008-01-08). "Una semblanza de Rafaela Baroni". Talleres (in Spanish). 11 (0): 8–9. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
  4. ^ "Ministerio de la Cultura". www.mincultura.gob.ve. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  5. ^ "Rafaela Baroni será sembrada en su residencia de Betijoque: El Paraíso de Aleafar • Diario de Los Andes, noticias de Los Andes, Trujillo, Táchira y Mérida". Diario de Los Andes, noticias de Los Andes, Trujillo, Táchira y Mérida (in Spanish). 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  6. ^ "Rafaela Baroni MAPPBARI 2011". Issuu. Museo de Arte Popular de Petare Bárbaro Rivas. Retrieved 2021-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)