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The purpose of the blog is to serve as my personal and professional research journal for future thesis and dissertation ideas; to promote Peruvian artists living and working in the United States, Peru, and Germany; to encourage readers to learn about Peruvian culture, travel, and the arts; and finally to establish a means of visibility to the world on topics in Latin American art.

Fernando de Szyszlo (1925-2017)

Fernando de Szyszlo
(Fernando de Szyszlo Valdelomar)
b. 05-07-1925 Lima
d. 09-10-2017 San Isidro

Vitold de Szyszlo (Father), María Valdelomar (Mother)
Blanca Verela (1926-2009) marries 1949, divorces
Liliana Yabar ( - ) marries in 1988
Children: Vicente de Szyszlo (1958- ), Lorenzo de Szyszlo (1960- )

Nationality: Peruvian
Modernist Painter - Pintor Moderno 1940s-60s
Style/Estilo: Abstraction

Migrations:
Moves to France, 1949-1951
Returns to Perú, 1951-54
Moves to Florence, Italy, 1954-55

Education:
Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería en Perú (Architecture), 1943-44
Escuela de Artes Plasticas de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (under AdolfoWinternitz), 1944

Career:
Founded with Emilio Adolfo Westphalen, Las Moradas cultural magazine, 1947-1949
Signs manifesto Agrupación Espacio, 1947
Lecturer, Escuela de Arte de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 1956-1977
Visual Arts Advisor, Organization of American States (OAS), 1958
Professor, Cornell University (Art), 1962
Lecturer, Institute of Latin American Studies, Department of Art, Texas University at Austin, 1963
Visiting Lecturer, Yale University, 1965

Solo Exhibition
2015 - Durban Segnini Gallery, Miami, FL
         - Galeria Duque Arango, Medellin, Colombia
2014 - Galeria Isabel Aninat, Santiago, Chile

1963 - Guggenheim International
         - Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo (IAC), Lima, Perú
         - Galería Marta Faz, Santiago, Chile
         - The Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1962 - Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo (IAC), Lima, Perú
1959 - Galería Antonio Souza, Mexico
1958 - Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA
1955 - Galería Numero, Florence, Italy
1954 - Galería Sudamericana, NewYork, NY
1953 - Pan-American Union (OAS, Art of the Americas), Washington, D.C.
         - Galería de Lima, Lima, Perú
1951 - May Salon, Paris, France
1950 - Galerie Mai, Paris, France
1947 - Fernando de Szyszlo, ICPNA (North American Peruvian Cultural Institute), Lima, Perú

Group Exhibition
1961 - Latin American New Departures curated by Thomas Messer, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Boston, MA
1960 - Three Latin American Artists, Studio Gallery, Alexandria, VA
1959 - South American Art Today, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
         - The U.S. Collects Pan American Art, Art Institute, Chicago, IL
1958 - 29th Venice Biennale, representing Perú
1957 - Semana Peruana, Santiago, Chile (travels to Institute of Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.)
1956 - Dos Artistas Peruanos, Museo de Arte Moderno, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
         - Fernando de Szyszlo/Joaquín Roca Rey, Galería Sudamericana, New York, NY
1955 - Six Abstract Painters, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
1954 - Latin American Arts Festival, Texas University, Austin, TX
         - Painters of America, Wichita Art Association
         - International Biennal of Color Lithography, Cincinnati, Art Museum
1953 - Fernando de Szyszlo/Joaquín Roca Rey, Galería Sudamericana, New York, NY
1952 - International Biennal of Lithography, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
1951 - Fernando de Szyszlo/Guido Strazza, Museo de Bellas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
         - Muestra Itinerante de Pintura Latinoamericana
         - Sociedad de Arquitectos (Agrupación Espacio), Lima, Perú
1948 - Fernando de Szyszlo/Jorge E. Eielson, Galeria de Lima, Lima, Perú

Collections
Art Museum of the Americas (OAS), Washington, D.C.
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Arequipa, Perú
Museo de Arte de Lima, Perú
Museo de Arte Moderna, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz, Bolivia
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

References
1. Dore Ashton. "Fernando de Szyszlo." Ediciones Poligrafa, S.A. Barcelona, Spain. 2003. pp 250-7.
2. Website. "Fernando de Szyszlo." ArtNexus. http://www.artnexus.com/Artist.aspx 
3. Website. "La web de las biographias." Biographical Encyclopedia. http://www.mcnbiografias.com/app-bio/

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