Esther Schuster
Distinguished for her portraits and still-life paintings
(1938 - 2005)
Ms. Schuster graduated from the School of Architecture at the University of Buenos Aires with honors and won awards in urban design and decorative architecture competitions. She then studied drawing and oil painting in Argentina with professors Carlos Ripamonti and Ceferino Carnaccini. Ms. Schuster moved to Uruguay in the late Seventies and set out to validate her university degree. She pursued further studies in art history with Carlos Ranguis and joined the studio of Carlos Montani. She also traveled widely to the United States, Europe and Israel, exhibiting her artwork throughout. Her unique artwork is included in private collections in Europe, Israel and the Americas.
Exhibitions
1977 “Salón Knoll para artistas universitarios”, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1978 “Salón Knoll para artistas universitarios”, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1979 “Salón de Pintura del Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay”
1982 “Salón Nacional y Salón Municipal de Artes Plásticas Visuales”
1984 “Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Agustín Araújo”, Treinta y Tres; “Galería Artea”; “Muestra del concurso de Artes Plásticas del Uruguay, B.I.D”.
1986 Galería Artea; Travelling Exhibition in the “Museo de Arte Americano”, Maldonado
1987 “Casa de la Cultura”, City Hall, Florida
1988 Galería Contemporánea, sponsored by the Embassy of Argentina
1989 Portraits & Self Portraits (in) Punta del Este, sponsored by the Embassy of Argentina
1991 “Tres artistas rioplatenses”, Instituto Italiano de Cultura del Uruguay
1993 “Retrospective Exhibit”, Museo del Gaucho y de la Moneda (BROU)
Awards
1942 Awards in architecture, urban design and for decorative compositions, “Universidad de Buenos Aires”, Argentina
1985 Special Mention, “Primer Salón Nacional de Dibujo y Pintura”, Soriano
Special Award, “Segundo Salón de Pintura del Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay”
1988 Selected artista, “Post Guernica” competition, sponsored by the Embassy of Spain.