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词条 José Luis Álvarez (artist)
释义

  1. Early career

  2. Selected works

  3. Formal education

  4. References

José Luis Álvarez (3 June 1917 Guatemala, Guatemala – 5 February 2012 Antigua Guatemala) was a Guatemalan artist who, from 1976 until his death, lived and painted in Antigua. He became known as the one of the best landscape artists from Guatemala,[1][2][3] and was part of a generation of prolific artists who, as exponents of national art, defined the Guatemalan School. Álvarez developed a distinguished wide impasto technique, using the spatula, and a great delicacy in the use of color.[4]

Early career

Álvarez had exhibited his works in domestic and international solo and group exhibitions, but notably in Guatemala at the Instituto Guatemalteco Americano (IGA), the National School of Fine Arts, la Fundación Arte Paiz, Juannio National Art Exhibition, Rotary Auction, and the National Art Gallery.

Awards

In 1938 he won second prize in the National Competition Fair November. He also won first, second and third prizes at the Fiesta de los Morenos in Mixco, and won multiple prizes in Quetzaltenango. In the Arturo Martínez competition, won the first prize three consecutive times.

National commissions

In 1948, he was commissioned to help restore the National Palace of Guatemala and the Church of San Juan del Obispo. He restored altar pieces and colonial paintings. He also remade missing gilded gold leaf pieces for the colonial assemblies.

National restoration project sponsored by
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In 1956, the Guatemalan Commission for UNESCO organized and underwrote the restoration of several paintings from the Guatemalan colonial era. Projects were carried out in specialized workshops in the Capuchin Convent in Antigua. The restorations were led by a mission headed by a British expert sent by UNESCO, Helmut Ruhemann (1891–1973), and had as national partners to Carlos Morales, Luis Álvarez, and his son, Luis Alberto Álvarez. The Ministry of Education (es), directors of national museums and the directors of the Department of Fine Arts facilitated its development. The restored works were exhibited at the National School for the Arts.[6] UNESCO bestowed Álvarez with a restorer diploma in 1956.

Restoration in Guatemala City

In 1958, he returned to Guatemala City to resume restoring works that had been delayed for over half a century, carving, gilding and parts embodied colonial style. He also devoted himself to the restoration of paintings and antique images. He taught privately at the Galería Ríos,[7] a gallery founded by Miguel Ángel Ríos (1914–1991) in the early 1950s.

Educator

In 1959, Álvarez joined the faculty of the National School of Arts where he flourished for 27 years until he retired to continue working in his workshop in Antigua, Guatemala.

Selected works

Álvarez, is known as a master of light who painted Guatemalan landscapes from unique perspectives. Often, Álvarez highlighted the contrast between light and shadows, creating optical illusions.

  • The "Corte de Cafe" ("Court of Coffee"), is one if his well-known works, which, as of 1992, has been depicted on the back of a 50 quetzal Guatemalan currency. The original is held by the Bank of Guatemala.

Many of Álvarez's works are on permanent exhibition at Museo de Arte.

  • Alvarez painted a scene of people fleeing from volcanic lava flow, depicting people expressing distress. A road is illuminated by the light of lanterns and the bright glare of lava. The work, painted at night, is currently in a private collection in New York.
  • Another work showing an erupting Volcano sold in 1961 to the Bank of Guatemala. Tabacalera Nacional then reproduced it on an Almanac.

Formal education

At 14, Álvarez was in a workship of commercial painting. At 15, he began studying at the National School for the Arts in Guatemala City. His teachers included Humberto Garavito (1897–1970),[9] Enrique Acuña Orantes (1876–1946), Antonio Tejeda Fonseca (1908–1966).[2][11] Federico Wilhelm Schaeffer (es) (1887–1957), Óscar González Goyrí (1887–1974),[4] and Rafael Yela Günther (1888–1942). At 16, he moved to the workshop called "El Tigre." There, he designed labels and tags with drawings to the decanter and Tabacalera Nacional. He rapidly adapted to his new job and was mentored by the shop teacher Flavio Salazar.

References

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Notes
1. ^1 Latin American and Caribbean Artists of the Modern Era, by Steve Shipp (born 1937), Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company (2003); {{OCLC|50519199}}
2. ^1 2 "Jose Luis Álvarez, My Grandfather the Artist," (translated) by Lucia Herrera, Prensa Libre, June 15, 2011
3. ^1 Joyas artísticas del Banca de Guatemala (Artistic Jewels of the Bank of Guatemala) (in Spanish), Ricardo Martínez (ed.), Banco de Guatemala (2001); {{OCLC|749668550}}
4. ^1 José Luis Alvarez: Artist File: Study Photographs and Reproductions of Works of Art With Accompanying Documentation 1920–2000," Frick Art Reference Library; {{OCLC|79853756}}
5. ^1 "Humberto Garavito Suasnavar (Biografía)" ({{commons-inline|file:HUMBERTO_GARAVITO.pdf}}
6. ^1 "Transcription of Oral Interview with Luis Alvarez," (unidentified source) Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (retrieved January 26, 2015)
7. ^1 2 "González Goyrí, Óscar," [https://www.scribd.com/doc/146281327 Diccionario de Artistas,] Soraya Villeda (publisher) (2013), pg. 235 (retrieved January 27, 2015)
8. ^1 La UNESCO en Guatemala Una historia de 60 años de cooperación: 1950–2010 (UNESCO in Guatemala A history of 60 years of cooperation: 1950–2010), Federico Figueroa Rivas, et al. (ed.), UNESCO (2010); {{ISBN|978-9929-8077-2-3}}
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