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Oswaldo Guayasamín

Oswaldo Guayasamín was an Ecuadorian artist whose work is characterized by its Cubist-styled depictions of Latin American people. The artist focused

Pedro Figari

Uruguayan painter, born and mainly active in Montevideo. He had a versatile and distinguished career as a lawyer, politician, writer, and editor (he founded

Alicia Penalba

Argentine sculptor and printmaker, born in Buenos Aires. She moved to Paris in 1948 and trained in the studio of Zadkine after destroying almost all her

Emilio Pettoruti

Argentine painter, born at La Plata. From 1913 to 1923 he studied and worked in Europe, taking part in the Futurist movement in Italy, and experimenting

Roberto Matta

Roberto Matta came from a wealthy family and was of Spanish and Basque descent. He studied at the Colegio del Sagrado Corazón (Sacred Heart college)

Fernando Botero

From 1938 to 1949, Botero pursued his primary- and secondary-level studies in Medellín. He began to exhibit and to sell drawings to newspapers from 1948.

Tarsila do Amaral

Tarsila do Amaral was a student of Pedro Alexandrino and M. E. Renard. She worked in Paris from 1920 to 1923, along with Lhote and Léger, discovering

Paz Errázuriz

Paz Errázuriz is a Chilean photographer. Errazuriz documented marginalized communities such as sex workers, psychiatric patients and circus performers

Doris Salcedo

Colombian sculptor and installation artist, born in Bogotá where she lives and works. Her art reflects the political climate of her country, which has been

Rodrigo Matheus

Rodrigo Matheus is a Brazilian artist who uses a variety of materials and media, as objects and materials common to the corporate world and also appro