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Venezuelan Artists

José Luis “Chuchi” Sánchez - Painter

Throughout a diverse career development, having exerted professions such as architect, museum designer and university professor, Chuchi Sánchez has had an equally diverse career as an artist, for which he has received various acknowledgment

Juan de Jesús Izquierdo - Painting

J.J. Izquierdo was born in Caracas the 6 of May of 1876. He passed away in this same city the 14 of January of 1952. He is represented in the Museum of Beautiful Arts, exposed in the First Hall the Circle of Beautiful Arts in 1913.

Juan Vicente Fabbiani - Couple: Oil painting

Painter. Born in Panaquire, Miranda state, in June 15, 1910 studied at the Academia de Bellas Artes, which became The Escuela de Artes Plásticas in 1936. Here, he worked as professor and later became his director.

Julio César Briceño

Sculptor. Between 1956 and 1968 he lived in France, where he developed his first notions about sculpture and wood carving, together with the master cabinetmaker Pierre Morel (Pierrefonds, France).

Ketty Violo - Collages

Born in Venezuela in 1952. From 1990, her interest lies on the manufacture of paper as an artistic resource, developing a language of abstraction that has been enriching itself with the support of different elements, technologies and continuous research.

Lía Bermúdez - Sculpture yellow patina

Lia Bermudez is a renowned Venezuelan sculptor who has spent working iron sculptures, initiated and studied at the School of Plastic Arts of Caracas (1944-1946).

Luis Alfredo López Méndez

 In the 1980s and 1990s his work moved toward broader, denser brushstrokes, bold chromatic variety, and a freer execution that critics have described as harmonious and innovative.

Luis Garcia 'Legz' in his studio

Luis García "LEGZ" was born and trained in Caracas, Venezuela. As a graphic designer, having graduated from the Instituto de Diseño de Caracas (IDC) (Caracas Design Institute), his interest in typography started long before he began coursing his studies in design throughout the use of graffiti.

Luis Guevara Moreno - Painting: women

Luis Guevara Moreno was born in Valencia in June 21 of 1926. He studied in the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Aplicadas de Caracas, between 1941 and 1945. Expelled from this center for promoting reforms, he joined the group of La Barraca de Maripérez, and works in ceramics.

Luis Lizardo - Abstract painting

Born in Caracas on February 9, 1956. Between 1978 and 1980 performed graduate studies in painting at Saint Martin's School of Arts in London United Kingdom. From 1973 to 1976 performed by the Pre-degree Pure Art in the School of Visual Arts Christopher Rojas Caracas.

Luis Millé - Sculpture in red patina

If we look over Millé's career, we’ll notice that he is part of a new generation of Venezuelan artists, with pioneering influences including the likes of Jesús Rafael Soto or Carlos Cruz-Diez.

Luis Ordaz

Venezuelan painter. He studied night courses at the Academy of Fine Arts (Academia de Bellas Artes, Venezuela). In 1938 he was the co-founder, alongside fellow artist Rafael Monasterios, of the School of Plastic Arts of Barquisimeto

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