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Guayasamín was born in Quito, Ecuador, [2] to a native father and a Mestiza mother, both of Kichwa descent. [3] His family was poor and his father worked as a carpenter for most of his life. Oswaldo Guayasamín later worked as a taxi and truck driver. He was the eldest of ten children in his family.
The painter Oswaldo Guayasamín's La Capilla del Hombre ("The Chapel of Man") occupies a site in Bellavista overlooking the city of Quito, Ecuador. The Capilla is a purpose-built art museum dedicated to the peoples of Latin America. Construction of Guayasamín's masterpiece began in 1995 and unfortunately was not completed until 2002, after his ...
The Ecuadorian artist Oswaldo Guayasamín (a student of Orozco), the Brazilian Candido Portinari, and Bolivian Miguel Alandia Pantoja are also noteworthy. Some of the most impressive Muralista works can be found in Mexico, Colombia, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia. Mexican Muralism "enjoyed a type of prestige and ...
In 1974, he worked on the project Huayra Huanca (El origen del tiempo), which was commissioned by the Mexican government in accordance with a proposal by Oswaldo Guayasamín. In 1962, he participated in a contest for the New City Hall building of Quito, for which he was awarded a prize. Unfortunately his design was never built.
Oswaldo Goeldi (1895–1961), Brazilian artist and engraver; Oswaldo Guayasamín (1919–1999), Quechua Indian and Ecuadorian painter and sculptor; Oswaldo Handro (1908–1986), Brazilian botanist, specialist in pteridophytes and spermatophytes; Oswaldo Henríquez (born 1989), Colombian football defender
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After a very brief stay at the Patricia Aulestia Ballet, he met Paco Coello and Oswaldo Guayasamín, directors of the Artistic Promotion Center "Magic of Ecuadorian Folklore". [1] Shortly thereafter, he was named sub-director of the group by Oswaldo Guayasamín. In 1974 he became the first man to graduate from the National Institute of Dance. [1]
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