Carmen Herrera, the Cuban American painter and sculptor whose lifelong fascination in vividly colored, difficult-edge summary forms introduced her distinct fame in the latter a long time of her everyday living, died on Saturday in the New York apartment and studio where she lived for 55 several years. She was 106. The news was verified by Lisson Gallery, which began symbolizing the artist in 2010. Herrera was preparing for several future tasks this yr, including a ballet with Wayne McGregor at the Royal Opera Dwelling in London and a exhibit at Lisson Gallery in New York, scheduled to open up in May well, just forward of what would have been her…