biography of Oswaldo GUAYASAMIN (1919-1999)

Personal data

Birth : 07/06/1919 - Quito, Ecuador
Death : 03/10/1999 - Baltimore MD Maryland, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Ecuador

Education

1926 – 1932 : Escuela El Cebollar – Quito, Ecuador
1933 – 1940 : Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes – Quito, Ecuador

Professional data

Work and Life

Influenced by Orozco, Rivera, Portinari and Tamayo.

Work

Categorie and medium


Painting :
Print-Multiple : Lithograph
Sculpture-Volume :
Drawing-Watercolor :

Subject

women
human being
landscape
feelings/emotions

Movements and styles

Expressionism
Latin American Art

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2001

Centro Cultural del Conde Duque – Madrid, Spain
04/17/2001 – 05/27/2001

1992

Musée du Luxembourg – Paris, France
1992

1982

The State Hermitage Museum – Saint Petersburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
1982

1975

La Edad de la Ira
Museo de Arte Moderno – Mexico, Mexico
1975

1969

La Edad de la Ira
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes – Santiago de Chile, Chile
1969

1951

Huacayñán
Museo de Arte Colonial – Quito, Ecuador
1951

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Group exhibitions

1984

1a Bienal de la Habana
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam – Havana, Cuba
05/1984 – 06/1984

1956

IV Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
1956

1955

III Bienal Hispanoamericana de Arte
Barcelona, Spain
1955

1941

Salón de Mayo
Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes – Quito, Ecuador
1941

1940

Salón de Mayo
Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes – Quito, Ecuador
1940

1939

Salón de Mayo
Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes – Quito, Ecuador
1939

Legals