# Sarah Grilo

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**Sarah Grilo** (circa 1919[1] – 2007) was an Argentine painter who is best known for her [abstract gestural paintings](/source/Action_painting). Married to the artist José Antonio Fernández-Muro, she lived in [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires), [Paris](/source/Paris), [New York](/source/New_York_City) and [Madrid](/source/Madrid).

She is considered one of the most important Latin American artists of the 20th century.[2][3][4]

## Career

Sarah Grilo began her career as a self-taught artist. In 1944, she began studying at the studio of the Catalan artist Vicente Puig. There, she met her husband, the artist [José Antonio Fernández-Muro](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Fern%C3%A1ndez-Muro).

In 1949, she presented her first solo exhibition in Madrid, which was characterised by being a mixture of figuration and cubism.

Around this period, her paintings became more abstract. In 1952, she joined the group Artistas Modernos de la Argentina, under the direction of [Aldo Pellegrini](/source/Aldo_Pellegrini_(poet)).

The group, made up of artists such as [Enio Iommi](/source/Enio_Iommi), Alfredo Hlito, [Tomàs Maldonado](/source/Tom%C3%A1s_Maldonado), [Lidy Prati](/source/Lidy_Prati) and José Antonio Fernández-Muro, among others, was presented in exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and at the [Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro](/source/Museum_of_Modern_Art,_Rio_de_Janeiro) until it was dissolved in 1954.

Following the dissolution of the group, Sarah Grilo moved to [Paris](/source/Paris). During this period, between 1957 and 1961, her work became more lyrical.

In 1962, she won the [Guggenheim Fellowship](/source/Guggenheim_Fellowship).[5] The prize marked a turning point in her career and she moved to New York. From then on, she gradually freed herself from [Geometric abstraction](/source/Geometric_abstraction) and developed a new plastic language. Her gestural works combined coloured surfaces, drips, digital and textual signs, [graffiti](/source/Graffiti).[6][7]

In 1970, the artist left for the south of Spain, where she would stay until 1979 with her family. From 1980 she alternated her stay between Paris and [Madrid](/source/Madrid), where she definitely moved to live with her husband in 1985,[8] until her death in 2007.[9]

Sarah Grilo has exhibited in numerous galleries and institutions in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. These include: [the National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires](/source/Museo_Nacional_de_Bellas_Artes_(Buenos_Aires)); The [Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas](/source/Museo_de_Bellas_Artes_(Caracas)); The Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima; The [Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum](/source/Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum), New York; The [Cisneros Fontanals](/source/Ella_Fontanals-Cisneros) Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami; The [Art Museum of the Americas](/source/Art_Museum_of_the_Americas), Washington D.C.; The [Nelson Rockefeller](/source/Nelson_Rockefeller)Collection, New York; The [Blanton Museum of Art](/source/Blanton_Museum_of_Art), Austin; The [Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam](/source/Stedelijk_Museum_Amsterdam); The [Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo](/source/Museo_de_Arte_Moderno_(Madrid)), Madrid; and The [Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía](/source/Museo_Nacional_Centro_de_Arte_Reina_Sof%C3%ADa), Madrid, among others.[10][11][12]

In 2023 her work was included in the exhibition *[Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-1970](/source/Action,_Gesture,_Paint:_Women_Artists_and_Global_Abstraction_1940-1970)* at the [Whitechapel Gallery](/source/Whitechapel_Gallery) in London.[13]

## References

1. The year of birth varies between 1919, 1920 and 1921 depending on the sources.

1. Francisco Calvo Serralier (31 August 2007). ["Sarah Grilo"](https://elpais.com/diario/2007/08/31/agenda/1188511204_850215.html) (in Spanish). *[El País](/source/El_Pa%C3%ADs)* ...sin duda una de las mejores artistas latinoamericanas del siglo XX

1. ["Two Powerhouse Female Artists from Latin America"](https://www.sothebys.com/en/slideshows/two-powerhouse-female-artists-from-latin-america?slide=sarah-grilo-the-artist%20Sothebys). *[Sotheby's](/source/Sotheby's)*. 3 November 2017. pp. 4, 5, 6.

1. ["Una Pintora inolvidable"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161113033101/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/943107-una-pintora-inolvidable) (in Spanish). *[La Nación](/source/La_Naci%C3%B3n)*. 15 September 2007. Archived from [the original](https://www.lanacion.com.ar/943107-una-pintora-inolvidable) on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

1. ["John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Sarah Grilo"](https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/sarah-grilo/). *www.gf.org*. Retrieved 2018-11-06. [verification needed]

1. Clarín.com. ["Sarah Grilo: la consagración de una pintora argentina"](https://www.clarin.com/cultura/sarah-grilo-consagracion-pintora-argentina_0_S1UBP4KVX.html) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-11-06. [verification needed]

1. March, Fundación Juan. ["Sarah Grilo • Museu Fundación Juan March, Palma"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180926131031/https://www.march.es/arte/palma/coleccion/artista.aspx?p0=86&l=2). *www.march.es*. Archived from [the original](https://www.march.es/arte/palma/coleccion/artista.aspx?p0=86&l=2) on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-06. [verification needed]

1. ["Sarah Grilo Biography"](http://www.sarahgrilo.com/biography)

1. ["Una pintora inolvidable"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161113033101/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/943107-una-pintora-inolvidable) (in Spanish). 2007-09-15. Archived from [the original](https://www.lanacion.com.ar/943107-una-pintora-inolvidable) on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 2018-11-06. [verification needed]

1. ["Sarah Grilo // Jorge Mara - La Ruche"](http://www.jorgemaralaruche.com.ar/sarah-grilo/) (in es-ES). *www.jorgemaralaruche.com.ar*. Retrieved 2018-11-06. [verification needed]

1. ["Galerie Lelong - Biographie - Sarah Grilo"](http://www.galerie-lelong.com/fr/artiste-sarah-grilo-348.html). *www.galerie-lelong.com*. Retrieved 2018-11-06. [verification needed]

1. Heller, Jules & Heller, Nancy G. (2013-12-19). [*North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ReZkAgAAQBAJ&q=Sarah+Grilo&pg=RA1-PA1824). Routledge. ISBN 9781135638894. [verification needed]

1. ["Action, Gesture, Paint"](https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/action-gesture-paint-women-and-global-abstraction-1940-70/). *Whitechapel Gallery*. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

## External links

- [Sarah Grilo at Galerie Lelong](https://www.galerie-lelong.com/en/artiste/89/sarah-grilo/)
- [Official website](http://sarahgrilofernandezmuro.com/)
- [Sarah Grilo.com](http://www.sarahgrilo.com/)

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