Leda Ponce De Navarro Oconnor (XX) - Eucalipto

Beautiful work by the brilliant Argentine artist Leda Ponce Navarro Oconnor (Argentina, 1908-1982) done in oil on panel, representing a landscape with groves, titled Eucalyptus, circa 1950. She was born in Buenos Aires on October 31, 1908. She died in Córdoba in 1982. She studied drawing and painting privately. She held a solo exhibition at Galería Argentina in 1952. She participated in the National Salon from 1918 and in the Salons of La Plata, Tandil, Mar del Plata, Bolívar, Bahía Blanca, Santa Fe, Rosario, del Paisaje Argentino, Femenino de Bellas Artes, de la Patagonia at the Sociedad Rural Argentina, de Arte Pictórico of Diario El Pueblo, de Arte Sacro Moderno at the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires in 1954, Gutiérrez Galleries in 1935 and 1937, Rose Marie in 1938, Hogarth in 1949, Müller in 1948, Van Riel Galleries in 1943, Serra in 1944 and Argentina in 1952, Diario El Mundo of Mar del Plata in 1937, Colegio Monseñor de Andrea in the OAS Exhibition Hall in Buenos Aires, Club Argentino de Mujeres in 1940, 7 Argentine Women Painters at Witcomb in 1970, and other group exhibitions. She earned a Diploma at the National Salon of Decorative Arts in 1922, a Diploma and Bronze Medal at the National Salon of Decorative Arts in 1923, a Diploma and Silver Medal at the National Salon of Decorative Arts in 1924, the Ezequiel Leguina Prize at the National Salon in 1940, First Prize at the Women’s Salon in 1940, an Honorable Mention at the National Salon in 1951, a Special Mention at the San Fernando Salon in 1947, and the Painting Encouragement Prize at the Second Salon of Plastic Arts for Women Painters and Sculptors of the Camuatí Group in 1933. Her preferred subjects were landscapes, seascapes, flowers, and portraits, executed in the style of the impressionists. (Anuario Plástica Argentina of 1940, 1941 and 1943, Ediciones Plástica, Buenos Aires 1941, 1942 and 1944. Diccionario de Artistas Plásticos Argentinos by Gesualdo, Biglione and Santos, Editorial Inca, Buenos Aires, 1988). It is sold with the original period wooden frame; the measurements without the frame are 60x50 cm. It ships well packaged by an international company.