Marisol << MAR uh `sol` >> (1930-2016) was an American sculptor known for her witty, life-sized wooden figures. She constructed her figures with crudely carved wooden blocks, on which she drew or painted realistic facial features and other details, such as clothing. Marisol often attached everyday objects as well as plaster casts of her own face, hands, or feet to her sculptures.
Although she occasionally made sculptures of recognizable personalities, most of Marisol’s works portrayed fictional, ordinary people. Many of Marisol’s sculptures consist of groupings of several physically independent figures. An example is The Family. Marisol’s work has often been associated with the Pop Art movement. But unlike Pop artists, she rarely depicted commercial objects or designs.
Marisol Escobar was born in Paris of Venezuelan parents on May 22, 1930. She immigrated to the United States in 1950 and became a U.S. citizen in 1963. Marisol died on April 30, 2016.
