Person - Ballester Vilaseca, Rosa (1919-1988)
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Ballester Vilaseca, Rosa (1919-1988)Other forms
Fechas de existencia:
València (España) 1919 - 1988
History:
Spanish engraving's painter. Member of the family of artists Ballester, daughter of the sculptor Antonio Ballester Aparicio, teacher at the San Carlos School of Fine Arts of Valencia, and of Rosa Vilaseca; Antonio, Teresa, Josefina and Manuela Ballester's sister; sister-in-law of Josep Renau. She studied in the Institución para la Enseñanza de la Mujer (Institute for Women's Education) of Valencia.
She was a communist militant. In 1936, she participated in the Spanish Civil War as a militant. She married the politician Ángel Gaos, communist militant, and brother to the philosopher José Gaos, both exiled in Mexico. In 1939, she went into exile to Mexico aboard the Veendam. She went with her sisters Manuela and Josefina, her brother-in-law Josep Renau, her nephews Rodrigo and Julia and her mother Rosa Vilaseca.
In 1946, her husband and her reunited in Mexico. She became a Mexican citizen in 1950. During her exile, she continued her training as an engraver and she and her sister founded an engravings' atelier called "Las Ballester".
Date of the event: 1936 - 1939
Description: Expedición marítima que sale de Rotterdam y llega a Nueva York en mayo de 1939.
Date of the event: 1939-05-17
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Ballester, Rosa. Aub, Elena. Proyecto de Historia Oral "Refugiados Españoles en México", Archivo de la Palabra, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), México : entrevista a Rosa Ballester. por Elena Aub [Para El Instituto Nacional de Antropología de México En Colaboración Con el Ministerio de Cultura de España]. [s.L.: S.N.. 118 H..
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