D'Argenta artist
Lisa S. Castillo
Pieces from $746 to $942 USD
Motherhood Mother & Child Silver Statue
$746.00 USD
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Silver Woman Bringing Water Statue - Aquarius
$823.00 USD
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Father & Son Statue in Silver
$746.00 USD
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Silver Thinking Man Statue - Aquarius
$942.00 USD
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D'Argenta Sculptor & Artist
She was born in Coral Gables, Flo., U.S.A., in 1932. In 1936 her family moved to Sweden.
In 1939 they returned to the U.S.A. as war refugees. In 1945 she went back to Sweden and studied journalism.
After completing those studies, she returned to the U.S. in 1956 and studied graphic arts at Syracuse University. In 1959 she married Mr. Antonio Castillo and moved to Taxco, Guerrero.
There she studied and explored painting, sculpture, music and photography. In 1977 she moved to Cuernavaca, where she devoted herself to sculpture. She also learned bel canto singing at the Regional Institute of Fine Arts.
In 1976 she enrolled at the INBA School of Design and Crafts in Mexico, where she studied jewelry making under her teacher Mateo Martínez.
In 1979 she started working in silver and gold with her teachers Guadalupe Aleman, Benjamin Santarriaga, and Miguel Zavaleta.