Venezuelan Artists
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19th Century Venezuelan Artists: (chronological order)
20th Century Venezuelan Artists (chronological order)
Contemporary Venezuelan Artists (chronological order)
- Martín Tovar y TovarMartín Tovar y TovarMartín Tovar y Tovar was one of the most important and high-profile Venezuelan painters of the 19th century. Tovar y Tovar's most famous work is his famous and well-known depiction of the Battle of Carabobo...
(1827—1902) - Eloy PalaciosEloy PalaciosJosé Eloy Palacios, , was a Venezuelan artist, sculptor and painter.He was born in Maturín, Monagas, Venezuela. Palacios studied in Germany, where he polished the talent that would bring to him fame in Europe and Latin America...
(1847–1919), artist, sculptor and painter - Arturo MichelenaArturo MichelenaArturo Michelena was a Venezuelan painter born in Valencia, Carabobo State. He began to paint at a young age under his father's tutelage. Traveled to Paris where he studied in the famous Académie Julian...
(1863–1898) - Cristóbal RojasCristóbal RojasCristóbal Rojas was one of the most important and high-profile Venezuelan painters of the 19th century...
(1857—1890) - Emilio Bogio (1857–1920)
20th Century Venezuelan Artists (chronological order)
- Julio Árraga (1872–1928)
- Federico Brandt (1878–1932)
- Armando ReverónArmando ReverónArmando Julio Reverón was a modernist painter of the late 19th and early 20th century in Venezuela. Most of his work was inspired by the coast, landscape and people of Macuto, located in the central coast of Venezuela, and was characterized by his view and expression of the bright luminosity of...
(1889–1954) - Bárbaro Rivas (1893–1967)
- Manuel CabréManuel CabréManuel Cabré was a noted Spanish-Venezuelan landscape painter who is remembered as "the painter of El Ávila" .-Biography:...
(1890–1984) - Juan Félix SánchezJuan Félix SánchezJuan Félix Sánchez was Andean folk artist born in San Rafael de Mucuchíes, Mérida, Venezuela. Sánchez' talents included weaving and sculpture, and he was also the architect and builder of the Chapel of San Rafael de Mucuchíes dedicated to the Our Lady of Coromoto at El Tisure, as well as several...
(1900--1997), folk artist in weaving and sculpture - Pedro Centeno Vallenilla (1904–1988)
- Francisco NarvaezFrancisco NarváezVenezuela's most important sculptor by popular acclamation, Francisco Narváez inaugurated his country's age of modernism at the start of the 1930s, returning from three years in Paris and instantly catalyzing the national culture...
(1905 - 1982) - Tomás Golding (1909–1981)
- Gertrude GoldschmidtGertrude GoldschmidtGertrude Goldschmidt also known as Gego, was a modern Venezuelan artist and sculptor. Gego's most popular works were produced in the 1960s and 1970s, during the height of popularity of Geometric abstract art and Kinetic Art...
(1912–1994) - a.k.a. "Gego" - Gerd Leufert (b. 1914)
- César Rengifo (1915-1980)
- Gabriel BrachoGabriel BrachoGabriel Bracho was a Venezuelan artist born in Los Puertos de Altagracia on 25 May 1915. He and Cesar Rengifo were major exponents of the social realism artistic movement in Venezuela...
(1915-1995) - Braulio SalazarBraulio Salazar- Biography :Salazar was born on 23 December 1919 in Valencia. His first exhibition took place in 1935. As he suffered from hemotitis, doctors banned him from using chemical products...
(1917–2008) - Hector Poleo (1918-1989)
- Pablo Benavides (b. 1918)
- Mario AbreuMario AbreuMario Abreu was a Venezuelan artist....
(1919-1993) - Armando Barrios (1920-1999)
- Carlos González Bogen (b. 1920)
- Alejandro OteroAlejandro OteroAlejandro Otero was a Venezuelan artist, writer and cultural promoter.He studied at the "Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Artes Aplicadas de Caracas" from 1939 to 1945...
(1921–1990) - Jesús Soto (1923-2005)
- Carlos Cruz-DíezCarlos Cruz-DíezCarlos Cruz-Diez is a Venezuelan kinetic and op artist. He lives in Paris. He has spent his professional career working and teaching between both Paris and Caracas. His work is represented in museums and public art sites internationally...
(b. 1923) - Oswaldo Vigas (b. 1926)
- Mateo Manaure (b. 1926)
- Víctor Valera (b. 1927)
- Angel Hurtado (b. 1927)
- Ramón Vásquez Brito (b. 1927)
- Pedro León ZapataPedro León ZapataPedro León Zapata is a prominent Venezuelan artist, humorist and cartoonist.-Biography:In 1945 he entered the "Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Caracas" but in 1947 he abandons the school to join the foundation of the "Taller La Barraca de Maripérez" where he will exhibit his first works...
(b. 1928)artist, humorist and cartoonist - Mariano Díaz (photographer)Mariano Díaz (photographer)Mariano Díaz Bravo is a Chilean-born Venezuelan photographer, graphic designer and writer, best known for his contributions to the study and promotion of Venezuelan folk art...
(born 1929), journalist, photographer, designer, writer - Marisol a.k.a Marisol Escobar (b. 1930)
- Lía BermúdezLía BermúdezLía Bermúdez is a Venezuelan sculptor.She began her studies at the School of Applied Arts in Caracas and moved to Maracaibo. There in 1947, she continued her studies at the School of Visual Arts in Árraga...
(b. 1930) - Jacobo BorgesJacobo BorgesJacobo Borges is a contemporary, neo-figurative Latin- American artist. His curiosity for exploring different mediums made him a painter, drawer, film director, stage designer and plastic artist...
(b. 1931)neo-figurative artist - Juan CalzadillaJuan CalzadillaJuan Calzadilla is a Venezuelan prolific poet, painter and art critic.He studied in the Universidad Central de Venezuela and in the Instituto Pedagógico Nacional...
(b. 1931) poet, painter and art critic - Alirio Rodríguez (b. 1934)
- Julio MaragallJulio MaragallJulio Maragall is a Spanish born Venezuelan sculptor and architect.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Spanish Wikipedia....
(b. 1936) - Harry Abend (b. 1937)
- Francisco Hung (1937-2001)
- Alirio Palacios (b. 1938)
- Claudio Perna (1938-1997) Conceptual Artist
- Jorge Estever (b. 1940)
- Edgar Sánchez (b. 1940)
- Antonieta Sosa (b. 1940)
- Balthazar ArmasBalthazar ArmasBalthazar Armas is considered one of the pioneers in the contemporary figurative art movement in Latin America, where the industrial and urban influence of his paintings makes them approachable and distinguishable...
(b. 1941), contemporary and abstract movement painter - Francisco Bellorín (b. 1941)
- Paul del RioPaul del RioPaul del Rio is a Venezuelan sculptor and painter. Paul del Rio combines modernism, cubism and surrealism to create enigmatic paintings that are usually a social commentary on the harshness of modern urban life for ordinary people, and their longing for a different life...
(born 1943), sculptor and painter - Jorge BlancoJorge BlancoJorge Blanco is an artist from Venezuela before he emigrated to the United States in 1999. Jorge Blanco is currently residing in Sarasota, Florida. He has spent his professional career working as a sculptor, graphic designer and illustrator...
(born 1945), artist, sculptor, graphic designer, illustrator and humorist - Diego Barboza (b. 1945)
- Miguel Von Dangel (b. 1946)
- Doris Raecke (born 1947)
- Abigaíl Varela (b. 1948)
- Sigfredo Chacón (b. 1950)
- Henry Bermúdez (artist)Henry Bermúdez (artist)Henry Bermúdez is a Venezuelan artist. He studied in the School of Visual Arts of Julio Árraga. After graduation he taught at this school as art teacher. In 1977 he went to Mexico, where he lived for 2 years. In 1979 he returned to Venezuela and after that he travelled to New York City, where he...
(b. 1951) - PAJARO (born 1952), painter, sculptor, poet
- Pedro Piña (b. 1952)
- Vicente Antonorsi (b. 1952)
- Gabriel Palacios Noda GAPAL (1953) artista, pintor, productor. poeta, escritor.
- Julio Pacheco Rivas (b. 1953)
- Pancho Quilici (b. 1954)
- Patricia Van DalenPatricia van DalenPatricia van Dalen , is a Venezuelan visual painter.She graduated from Graphic Design in the "Instituto de Diseño Fundacion Neumann" in Caracas...
(b. 1955) - Jesús Matheus (b. 1957)
- Francisco Bugallo (b. 1958)
- Arturo HerreraArturo HerreraArturo Herrera is a Venezuelan visual artist who exhibits internationally, known for his melding of cartoons and collage. He has had one-person exhibitions at Centre d’Art Contemporain, Dia Center For The Arts, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Whitney Museum of American Art, UCLA Hammer...
(born 1959)
Contemporary Venezuelan Artists (chronological order)
- Gisela Romero (b. 1960)
- Meyer Vaisman (b. 1960)
- María RivasMaría RivasMaría Rivas is a Venezuelan Latin jazz singer, composer, and occasional painter.-Career:Born in Caracas, Venezuela of Spanish mother and Venezuelan father, Rivas gradually built her voice skills as a hobby, absorbing the influences ofIn 2005 Rivas returned to Aruba to be part of the show "Good...
(born 1960), Latin jazz singer, composer, and occasional painter - Alfredo RamírezAlfredo RamírezAlfredo Germán Ramírez is an Argentine football midfielder. He currently plays for Colón de Santa Fe.-Career:Ramírez made his debut on 18 October 2008 for Colón in a 1-2 home defeat by Independiente at the age of 19....
(born 1961) - Julio AguileraJulio AguileraJulio César Aguilera Peña is a Venezuelan-American painter and sculptor born in Caracas, on July 28, 1961. Previously to his career as an artist, Aguilera was a martial arts world champion and trainer who in 1987 was awarded the sixth Dan in Kung Fu when he was just 26 years old.-Biography:Aguilera...
(born 1961), painter and sculptor - Nestor Maya born 1961 painter
- Emilia Azcárate (b. 1964)
- José Antonio Hernández-DiezJosé Antonio Hernández-DíezJose Antonio Hernandez-Diez is a South American artist who works with sculpture, photography and installation art. He currently lives and works in Barcelona, Spain and Caracas, Venezuela.- Biography :...
(b. 1964) - Muu Blanco (b. 1966)
- Alexander Apóstol (b. 1969)
- Luís Melf Esparragoza (b. 1970) Conceptual Artist
- Luís Molina Pantin (b. 1969)
- Alberto Cavalieri (b. 1969)
- Juan Araujo (b. 1971)
- Mariana Bunimov (b. 1972)
- Jaime GiliJaime GiliJaime Gili is an artist based in London since 1996.Since 2002 his work has been contextualised as continuing a tradition of Latinamerican abstract art, especially the Venezuelan optical and kinetic work of artists such as Carlos Cruz-Diez and Alejandro Otero, with an input from popular art and...
(b. 1972) - Astolfo Funes (b. 1973)
- Hermann MejiaHermann MejiaHermann Mejía is a Venezuelan-born illustrator, painter and sculptor living in New York City. His caricature-driven work frequently appears in MAD Magazine.-Early life and education:...
(born 1973), illustrator, painter and sculptor - Paulo Castro (b. 1974)
- Richard López (b. 1975)
- Jonidel Mendoza (b. 1975)
- Suwon Lee (b. 1977)
- Yucef MerhiYucef MerhiYucef Merhi is a Venezuelan artist, poet and computer programmer, based in New York.-Life and work:Yucef Merhi was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He studied at Universidad Central de Venezuela and New School University.. His artistic practice began in the mid 80s...
(b. 1977) - José Vívenes (b. 1977)
- Starsky Brines (b. 1977)
- Rafael Rangel (b. 1978)
- Paul Parrella (b. 1980)
- Keyser Siso (b. 1982)
- Dinorah Delfin (b. 1982)