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Julio Escámez Carrasco (November 15, 1925 – December 23, 2015) was a Chilean painter, engraver and muralist. [1] His work includes numerous frescoes, oil paintings and engravings [2] (lithography, woodcut and etching) [1] produced both in Chile and abroad.
Guillermo Vargas studied to be a special education teacher at the Universidad Interamericana de Costa Rica, but he did not graduate. [1] Vargas describes himself as a self-taught artist. [ 2 ] Vargas's media include photography, paintings, performance art, installation art, theatrical dance, and video.
Dinora(h) Bolandi Jimenez (1923 – 2004) was a Costa Rican artist. She studied in America, taught at the University of Costa Rica and left hundreds of paintings. She won the leading national prize for art in 1990.
A temporary exhibits pavilion opened in 1961, and the museum acquired a large volume of modern art though its collaboration with the Torcuato di Tella Institute, a leading promoter of local, avant-garde artists, and elsewhere; a contemporary Argentine art pavilion opened in 1980. This 1,536 square metres (16,533 sq ft) hall is the largest of 34 ...
francisco Amighetti (1907–1998) was a Costa Rican painter. In addition to his paintings, Amighetti also produced wood engravings, poetry and works of art criticism. He based his artwork on basic lifestyle in Costa Rica. [1] He worked with Margarita Bertheau on a mural called Agriculturee. The mural was for the presidential palace and has been ...
Most of the paintings from his last years were about religious subjects. In 1877 he made an altarpiece for the church of Quilmes. [4] Carlos Morel died in Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina on 10 September 1894, aged 81. [3] The "Carlos Morel School of Fine Arts" in Quilmes is named in his honor. His remains lie in the cemetery of the town.
José Jesús Francisco Zúñiga Chavarría (December 27, 1912 – August 9, 1998 [1]) was a Costa Rican-born Mexican artist, known both for his painting and his sculpture. [2] Journalist Fernando González Gortázar lists Zúñiga as one of the 100 most notable Mexicans of the 20th century, [ 3 ] while the Encyclopædia Britannica calls him ...
Jorge Gallardo (also known as the Artist of the People) was born in San Jose, Costa Rica on December 12, 1924. [1] He was an artist and writer who traveled the world to improve his styles and techniques.