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Antonia Eiriz Vázquez (1929–1995) was a Cuban painter whose work was exhibited throughout Latin America during her life. She received a National Culture Award in 1981, and in 1983 received the Alejandro Carpenter Medal. In 1989 the Cuban government awarded her the Félix Varela Order; in 1994 she was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. She gave up painting in the 1960s, thereafter devoting her life and talents to Cuban crafts. The missing facts I would like to add about her background, her personal life, education, works, and quotes. "Born in the Havana suburb of Juanelo in 1929 to a family of modest means, Eiriz suffered from polio as a child and would depend on crutches for the rest of her life. Eiriz began her interest in art by drawing dresses. Her older sisters encouraged her, paying for her to take a drawing course at a local graphic design school." "After her mother died in 1968, however, Antonia stopped painting ­ a move interpreted by many as a response to government criticisms of her work."

"Eiríz’s artistic background, her influences and the political climate following the Revolution as it impacted upon her work are described. This material provides a background to her later involvement in community art as the founder of el arte popular"