Maria Sol Escobar otherwise known simply as Marisol, is a sculptor

Sculpture

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 born in Paris

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 of Venezuelan lineage, living in Europe

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, the United States

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 and Caracas

Caracas

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Her education consisted of study at Jepson Art Institute

Jepson Art Institute

Jepson Art Institute, founded in Los Angeles in 1945 by artist Herbert Jepson, was an art school located at 2861 West 7th Street that flourished from 1947 to 1953 - becoming an important center for experimental figure drawing, art theory and printmaking. Prior to this, Jepson served as an...

, École des Beaux-Arts

École des Beaux-Arts

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, the Art Students League of New York

Art Students League of New York

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, and she was a student of Hans Hofmann

Hans Hofmann

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, and at the New School for Social Research. The pop art

Pop art

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 culture in the 1960s found Marisol as one of its members, enhancing her recognition and popularity. Marisol concentrates her work on three dimensional portraits, using inspiration “found in photographs or gleaned from personal memories” (Gardner, p. 15).

Marisol’s religious beliefs might very well have had a great deal of influence upon her tendencies toward and character for the arts.