Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) - English

Gertrud Louise Goldschmidt was born  August 1, 1912 and died on September 17, 1994 also known as Gego, was a modern Venezuelan artist and sculptor who was born in Germany. Gego's most popular works were produced in the 1960s and 1970s, during the height of popularity of Geometric abstract art and Kinetic Art. Although these genres influenced her somewhat, Gego tried to develop her own style by drawing lines in space and break from the popular art of Venezuela. Her artwork is commonly exhibited with artists like Lygia Clark, Helio Oiticica and Mira Schendel. Dying in 1994, she left a collection of writings describing her thoughts about art which adds to her legacy as a Latin American artist

Her works have been awarded with several recognitions: 

• First Award of drawing. 4th National Exhibition of Drawing and Engraved. Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas. 1962.
• Council of Scientific and Humanistic Development  Scholarship of the Central University of Venezuela, to make expert  studies in pedagogical systems related with architecture in Europeans and American Institutions, October 1962- December 1963. 
• “Artist Fellow” Scholarship of work, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, California. November- December 1966.
• First Award of Sculpture 12th D’Empaire Hall of painting and sculpture.  Maracaibo, 1967.