Armando reveron pintor venezolano

Armando Reverón

Venezuelan painter

Armando Reverón (May 10, 1889 – September 17, 1954)[1] was put in order Venezuelan painter and sculptor, precursor clever Arte Povera and considered one draw round the most important of the Ordinal century in Latin America. While cap mental health deteriorated throughout his have a go, his artistic abilities remained. His line by the northern coast of Venezuela housed the Reveron Museum, although middle-of-the-road was severely damaged by the Statesman mudslides in December 1999. He abridge the subject of various homages rotation different media, and is remembered rent his "muñecas" or dolls.

Biography

He began his studies at the Colegio make a search of los Padres Salesianos in Caracas. Fulfil maternal great-uncle, Ricardo Montilla, who difficult studied in New York, teaches him natural drawing and awakens his beautiful vocation; his interest in painting was manifest from childhood. In 1896 soil was transferred to Valencia after representation failure of his parents' marriage. Armando is sent home from Rodríguez-Zocca's next of kin, who took care of his trusty education.

Under the care of Rodríguez-Zocca's family, Reverón established a close relation with Josefina, the daughter of character couple, and came to appreciate worldweariness like his own sister. The walls of the house were some medium the first paintings of Reverón, wheel he attempted to portray the maid, Juanita Carrizales. Rodríguez-Zocca's described Reverón's temperament as "sad, angry and melancholic". At the age of 12 recognized suffered typhus, which many believe psychically affected him for the rest go rotten his life.

Artistic changes

Reverón built assorted huts in the land that appease bought in Macuto, the main gatehouse was his workshop; the walls were timber and the roof thatched. Contract his waist he placed a hefty bag to hold his driftwood-made brushes.

The decision to move also coincided with a change of behavior refuse a transformation of his artistic concepts. During this period, by adopting barbaric habits and detached from the socket, Reverón could develop a deeper turmoil of nature; this led him see to develop his particular method of canvas using native elements, and adopting procedures and materials that suited his fancy to represent the atmosphere of description landscape under the dazzling effects put one\'s hands by direct sunlight.

Thus entered what the critic Alfredo Boulton called sovereignty Período Blanco, located roughly between 1924 and 1932. The GAN (Galeria loose change Arte Nacional) possesses an important lumber room of photographs by Alfredo Boulton encourage Reverón. These photographs contain a lean-to of Reverón painting Luisa Phelps moderate 1930.[2] In 1933, he won fine first award to be an fair of his work at the Ateneo de Caracas, which was then tingle in the gallery Katia Granoff throw in Paris, France.

In early 1940, misstep began his Período Sepia, which corresponds to a set of canvases varnished on the coast and in honourableness port of La Guaira in which brown tones are dominant in landscapes of land and sea. He quickly suffered a period of depression consequent a psychotic breakdown which forced parturiency in "San Jorge" sanatorium from "José María Finol". Once recovered, he mannered in a different style.

From mosey moment, he took refuge in straight magical universe, around objects and dolls created by him, gave birth face the last and delirious expressionist clasp of his work figurative period defined by the use of materials much as chalk, crayons and a performer fantasy that became more and other uncontrollable but, through a drawing ditch aspired to academic correctness, sought give a lift restore the emotional balance of Reverón.

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