Marisol's Story

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Marisol started art and sculpting at the age of 11 , having her motivation be her mother. Sadly Marisol’s mother passed away during World War II , in which brought loads of mournful thoughts to her poor family. Her father was fed up with all this sorrow, so he pushed his daughter even harder to become what she is now. Marisol went to a all girl school, which was dictated for art. Once she was 22 , Marisol studied with Howard Warshow at Jepson school. Furthermore, year after year working at Academic Des Beau-Art in Paris, she finally decided to move to New York for good. This woman’s life changed when she left to new york. She became famous after having a mini showcase. Marisol loved doing religion related work. Two of her famous art

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