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Sekula, Sonja, 1918-1963

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Personal name headingSekula, Sonja, 1918-1963
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Variant(s)Sekula, Sonia, 1918-1963
Secula, Sonja, 1918-1963
Associated countrySwitzerland United States
LocatedNew York (N.Y.)
Birth date1918-04-08
Death date1963-04-25
Place of birthLucerne (Switzerland)
Place of deathZurich (Switzerland)
Profession or occupationArtists
Found inIm Zeichen der Frage, im Zeichen der Antwort, c1996: t.p. (Sonja Sekula) jkt. (b. 04/08/1918 in Lucerne; d. 04/25/1963)
Women of abstract expressionism, ©2016: page 196 (Sonja Sekula; also known as Sonia, surname sometimes spelled Secula; born 1918, Lucerne; died 1963, Zurich; studied art in Hungary and Italy; 1936 arrived in United States with family; studied art and exhibited in New York; traveled to Mexico and New Mexico in the 1940s, and to Europe in the 1950s; suffered chronic psychological breakdowns and committed suicide at age 45)