Clara Ledesma

Clara Ledesma Terrazas (5 March 1924 – 25 May 1999) was a Dominican-born American artist

Early years and education Born in Santiago de los Caballeros, she attended Escuela Ercilia Pepín and in her teenage years studied art under Yoryi Morel at his self-named Academia Yoryi.

Ledesma later was one of the first women to enroll in — as well as graduate from — the National School of Fine Arts in Santo Domingo, graduating in 1948. There, her professors included Celeste Woss y Gil and George Hausdorf, while her primary mentor was painting professor Josep Gausachs. Fellow students included Gilberto Hernández Ortega and Eligio Pichardo. After graduating, she took a position teaching drawing at the same school.

Career, continuing education and personal life In 1949, Ledesma had her first solo exhibition at the Ateneo of San Pedro de Macorís.

"Ledesma also touched on social realism in her work, with her most noted series underlining the racial inequities of the time.” 1950: Third prize, painting, La V Bienal Nacional de de Artes Plásticas de Santo Domingo 1996: Knight of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella awarded by Leonel Fernández Reyna, president of the Dominican Republic 1999: Diploma de Honor, Asociación Dominicana Críticos de Arte, ADCA/AICA (posthumous) 2010: National Prize for Plastic Arts (posthumous) La Bienal de Madrid, Premio Nicaragua y Medalla de Oro Selected for the collective for the Medical Association for Puerto Rico titled "Maestros del Continente" ("Teachers of the Continent")

Death Ledesma died in Jamaica, Queens, at the age of 75.