Carlos Enrique Polanco is a notable exponent of Peruvian painting. Since his beginnings he was attracted to the less privileged urban sectors of Lima

Lima

Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

 City. When he studied in School of Fine Arts, his work reflected the iconography and color of the Peruvian urban night life. Polanco is an artist with a social commitment.

Polanco gained a scholarship to study in China, where he remained a considerable time. Then, he went to Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

 with a new shrill and shining, but tender painting style.

Polanco is a cartoonist of contemporary Latin American society, portraying survivors of the urban fight, becoming the winners of the social battle.

In Peruvian expresionismo indigenista art history, Polanco is continuing the path of painters like Julia Codesido, Sérvulo Gutiérrez

Sérvulo Gutiérrez

Sérvulo Gutiérrez Alarcón was a Peruvian artist, described by The Times as "Peru’s most celebrated painter". He was initially untaught and self-educated, but then trained under the artist Emilio Pettoruti. Gutiérrez had a relationship with Doris Gibson.- Life :Sérvulo Gutiérrez was born in Ica...

, Víctor Humareda and David Herskovitz.

External links

• Palabras del señor Viceministro Secretario General de Relaciones Exteriores, Embajador Gonzalo Gutiérrez Reinel, en la ceremonia de inauguración de la exposición “Colección del Artista”, de Carlos Enrique Polanco (El Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores del Perú)