LC control no. | n 96079795 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Sekula, Sonja, 1918-1963 |
Variant(s) | Sekula, Sonia, 1918-1963 Secula, Sonja, 1918-1963 |
Associated country | Switzerland United States |
Located | New York (N.Y.) |
Birth date | 1918-04-08 |
Death date | 1963-04-25 |
Place of birth | Lucerne (Switzerland) |
Place of death | Zurich (Switzerland) |
Profession or occupation | Artists |
Found in | Im 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) |