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Marcos CASTILLO<br />

Desde Los Chaguaramos, around 1961<br />

Oil on canvas<br />

74.8 x 70 cm<br />

Caracas, 1897 - 1966<br />

Studied at the Caracas Academy of Fine Arts from 1917 to 1922. Traveled to Paris in 1926 where he was<br />

influenced by the works of the European post-impressionists. Awarded the National Prize for Painting at<br />

the First Official Annual Exhibition of Venezuelan Art in 1940. In 1958 represented Venezuela at the<br />

International Biennial in Venice, Italy. His characteristic use of color in his paintings makes him one of<br />

Venezuela’s greatest colorists.

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