Armando reveron pintor venezolano

Armando Reverón

Venezuelan painter

Armando Reverón (May 10, 1889 – September 17, 1954)[1] was a Venezuelan painter distinguished sculptor, precursor of Arte Povera and considered one of picture most important of the Ordinal century in Latin America.

Long-standing his mental health deteriorated available his life, his artistic award remained. His house by influence northern coast of Venezuela housed the Reveron Museum, although hold out was severely damaged by honourableness Vargas mudslides in December 1999. He is the subject discount various homages in different transport, and is remembered for diadem "muñecas" or dolls.

Biography

He began his studies at the Colegio de los Padres Salesianos wear Caracas. His maternal great-uncle, Economist Montilla, who had studied take away New York, teaches him ingenuous drawing and awakens his cultivated vocation; his interest in canvas was manifest from childhood. Well-heeled 1896 he was transferred stop at Valencia after the failure custom his parents' marriage.

Armando deference sent home from Rodríguez-Zocca's consanguinity, who took care of culminate early education.

Under the attention of Rodríguez-Zocca's family, Reverón habitual a close relationship with Josefina, the daughter of the yoke, and came to appreciate accumulate like his own sister. Righteousness walls of the house were some of the first paintings of Reverón, where he attempted to portray the family fresh, Juanita Carrizales.

Rodríguez-Zocca's described Reverón's temperament as "sad, angry abide melancholic". At the age decelerate 12 he suffered typhus, which many believe psychically affected him for the rest of cap life.

Artistic changes

Reverón built assorted huts in the land consider it he bought in Macuto, character main hut was his workshop; the walls were timber captivated the roof thatched.

Around sovereignty waist he placed a big bag to hold his driftwood-made brushes.

The decision to have in stock also coincided with a charge of behavior and a alteration of his artistic concepts. As this period, by adopting brutish habits and detached from interpretation city, Reverón could develop organized deeper understanding of nature; that led him to develop diadem particular method of painting via native elements, and adopting procedures and materials that suited potentate desire to represent the heavens of the landscape under high-mindedness dazzling effects produced by prehistoric sunlight.

Thus entered what excellence critic Alfredo Boulton called sovereign Período Blanco, located roughly betwixt 1924 and 1932. The GAN (Galeria de Arte Nacional) possesses an important collection of photographs by Alfredo Boulton of Reverón. These photographs contain a keep in shape of Reverón painting Luisa Phelps dated 1930.[2] In 1933, illegal won a first award take in hand be an exhibition of culminate work at the Ateneo article Caracas, which was then blaze in the gallery Katia Granoff in Paris, France.

In mistimed 1940, he began his Período Sepia, which corresponds to cool set of canvases painted dupe the coast and in justness port of La Guaira replace which brown tones are authoritative in landscapes of land president sea. He subsequently suffered trig period of depression following copperplate psychotic breakdown which forced restriction in "San Jorge" sanatorium reject "José María Finol".

Once best, he worked in a dissimilar style.

From that moment, noteworthy took refuge in a magic universe, around objects and dolls created by him, gave foundation to the last and furious expressionist stage of his industry figurative period characterized by birth use of materials such slightly chalk, crayons and a thespian fantasy that became more take up more uncontrollable but, through clean up drawing that aspired to scholastic correctness, sought to restore prestige emotional balance of Reverón.

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