Carmen Herrera is a Cuban-American painter and abstract, minimalist visual artist,
During the 1930s and 1940s, she studied architecture at a University in Havana and travelled regularly between Cuba and Paris.
She studied later at New York’s Art Students League.
Ms Herrera’s breakthrough came in 2004, when she sold her first picture at the age of 89.
Her paintings are minimalist compositions of straight lines, shape, and colour.
They are in the permanent collections of major institutions across the world, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Tate Modern in London.
Carmen Herrera cause of death
She died on February 12, 2022 in her New York City apartment at 106.
No foul play was suspected at the death scene hence it was pronounced natural.
Was Carmen Herrera married? Did Carmen Herrera have children?
She married Jesse Lowenthal, a literature teacher at Stuyvesant High School.
He died in the year 2000. They had no children.
Ms Herrera was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1915, the daughter of the founding editor of the Havana-based daily El Mundo and a reporter mother.
Carmen Herrera net worth
Her net worth was estimated to be between 500,000 dollars to 1,000, 000 million dollars as of 2022. She gained huge monies from her artistic work.
When is Carmen Herrera funeral? Date, time, venue, burial service, obituary poster
Plans for Carmen Herrera’s funeral are still ongoing hence the official dates will be released soon.
Carmen was 160 years when she passed away.
