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advisor to the Ministry of Culture for the restoration and conservation of national monuments, carrying out important works and conservation work for the Costa Rican Museum of Art, in addition to dedicating himself to the
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was covered with paint, being censored by the military of his country. The following year, the old Enrique Molina Garmendia High School was demolished, and with it his fresco
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used by De la Fuente with a more descriptive and anecdotal style. Some of his large-format oil paintings, on the other hand, are influenced by
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In addition, Escámez works as an illustrator and art theorist for university publications and books by various authors.
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While still a teenager, he began his painting studies at the Adolfo Berchenko Academy of Fine Arts, located in
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In Costa Rica, the artist has worked since 1974 as a professor at the School of Plastic Arts of the National
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Zamorano, Pedro; Cortés, Claudio (2007). "Muralismo en Chile: texto y contexto de su discurso estético".
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Three Centuries of Drawing in Chile, Germán Vergara Donoso Collection of the National Historical Museum
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Chile One Hundred Years Visual Arts: Second Period (1950 - 1973) Between Modernity and Utopia
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and Bocaccio Casona, as well as others carried out for the National Ballet of Costa Rica.
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Between 1955 and 1957 he went to study with a scholarship to the Academy of Fine Arts in
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Chile One Hundred Years Visual Arts: First Period (1900 - 1950) Model and Representation
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with a strong social content, dealing with themes of popular everyday life and the
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1996 - Engravings at El Caballo Verde Art Gallery, Concepción, Chile.
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and part of his work was lost. In the photograph, the bombing of the
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landscape. Some of his works, such as the mural located in
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in Mural Painting, Marco Antonio Bontá in Graphic Arts,
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1988 - El Caballo Verde Art Gallery, Concepción, Chile.
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Drawings and Prints of the Museum of Contemporary Art
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1959 - Bharatieja Uitya Bhranau Cultural Institute,
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The work of Julio Escámez belongs to the current of
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Retrospective of Paintings, Drawings and Engravings
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Mexico de Lota School, Lota, Chile. 879:Cultural Institute of Providencia, Santiago. 719:. Codelco Cultural Gallery, Santiago, Chile. 710:The Fronda Florida. Julio Escamez Exhibition 231:Along with other renowned painters such as 1214:(22). University of Talca, Chile: 264–284. 829:. Las Condes Cultural Institute, Santiago. 663:del Salón de Honor de la Municipalidad de 1074:"Obra de Julio Escámez: Muchacha del sur" 950:History of medicine and pharmacy in Chile 904:. National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago. 897:. National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago. 750:1960 - Exhibition of Chilean Engravings. 733:. National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago. 723: 691:. National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago. 606: 224:from diverse writers, including the poet 1104:"Obra de Julio Escámez: Fonda de fiesta" 682:Drawings and Engravings by Julio Escámez 610: 505:, highlighting his stagings of works by 419: 290: 251: 863:Pontifical Catholic University of Chile 76:Adolfo Berchenko Academy of Fine Arts, 1283: 1135: 827:Century and a Half of Chilean Painting 415: 404:. In addition, he also studied at the 16:Chilean painter, engraver and muralist 1037: 1035: 1033: 1031: 738:One Hundred Years of Chilean Painting 670:1978 - El Caballo Verde Art Gallery, 469:El hombre ante el micro y macrocosmos 333:. But Escámez, who was interested in 272:, where he was also initiated in the 209:) produced both in Chile and abroad. 1225: 1223: 1221: 1201: 1199: 1197: 1195: 1193: 1191: 1189: 1187: 1131: 1129: 1068: 1066: 1048:Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts 1029: 1027: 1025: 1023: 1021: 1019: 1017: 1015: 1013: 1011: 884:Illustrated Book Covers Exhibition, 763:First American Biennial of Engraving 556:(1957-1958) belong to the so-called 388:. He then continued studying at the 1229: 684:. Modern School of Music, Santiago. 13: 935:. Oil on canvas, 152×110 cm. 927:Man before the micro and macrocosm 783:. Casa de la Cultura Jalisciense, 390:academy of fine arts in Düsseldorf 100:Academy of fine arts in Düsseldorf 14: 1322: 1306:20th-century Costa Rican painters 1218: 1184: 1126: 1063: 1008: 331:Academia Vespertina de Concepción 836:. University of Chile, Santiago. 822:. University of Chile, Santiago. 1250: 1158: 1096: 808:Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes 794:. Museum of Contemporary Art, 781:Contemporary Chilean Engraving 440:Once back in Chile, after the 216:and made costumes for various 1: 1301:20th-century Chilean painters 1001: 909:Works in permanent exhibition 803:150 Years of Chilean Painting 625:in the work of Julio Escámez. 451:, the painter fled into self- 428:, Escámez went into exile in 185:. His work includes numerous 1261:(in Spanish). Archived from 1110:(in Spanish). Archived from 1080:(in Spanish). Archived from 874:Realisms in Chilean Painting 650:National Museum of Fine Arts 560:, initiated in that area by 398:Vienna museum of art history 242: 105:Vienna Museum of Art History 7: 1311:People from Arauco Province 982: 621:(1957-1958), an example of 314:, where he had as teachers 248:Studies in Chile and abroad 10: 1327: 834:Museum of Contemporary Art 767:Museum of Contemporary Art 471:was destroyed. His murals 406:Patrice Lumumba University 286:Historic Monument of Chile 280:for the prestigious mural 228:, whom he met personally. 156:Municipal Art Prize 1956 ( 115:Laureano Ladrón de Guevara 95:Patrice Lumumba University 972: 848:20th Century Plastic Arts 745:Contemporary Art of Chile 426:1973 coup d'état in Chile 376:, the mural technique of 152: 142: 120: 70: 50: 28: 21: 943:University of Concepción 524: 484:University of Costa Rica 347:University of Concepción 322:himself and Israel Roa. 88:Academy of Fine Arts of 1136:Alonso, Andrea (2005). 933:Children and sunflowers 579:, particularly that of 519: 349:, where he also taught 337:, decided to travel to 850:. Municipal Casino of 724:Collective exhibitions 717:Paintings and Drawings 626: 607:Individual exhibitions 581:David Alfaro Siqueiros 533: 437: 303: 282:Historia de Concepción 265: 258:Historia de Concepción 237:Historia de Concepción 171:Julio Escámez Carrasco 1257:Corporación Ngehuin. 989:Gregorio de la Fuente 792:Collective Chile-Cuba 774:Collective Exhibition 614: 562:Gregorio de la Fuente 529: 449:military dictatorship 423: 386:Piero della Francesca 335:pre-Columbian culture 320:Gregorio de la Fuente 294: 278:Gregorio de la Fuente 262:Gregorio de la Fuente 255: 233:Gregorio de la Fuente 111:Gregorio de la Fuente 859:Municipal Art Awards 776:. Concepcion, Chile. 564:, but replacing the 434:Palacio de La Moneda 296:Academy of Fine Arts 256:Detail of the mural 1114:on October 13, 2012 1084:on October 13, 2012 921:Girl from the South 796:University of Chile 639:University of Tokyo 511:William Shakespeare 507:Miguel de Cervantes 447:that initiated the 416:Exile in Costa Rica 312:University of Chile 84:University of Chile 1230:Sánchez, Marcelo. 957:De principio a fin 890:. 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Antihuala
Los Álamos
Chile
Heredia
Costa Rica
Concepción
University of Chile
Florence
Patrice Lumumba University
Academy of fine arts in Düsseldorf
Vienna Museum of Art History
Gregorio de la Fuente
Laureano Ladrón de Guevara
Painter
Engraver
Illustrator
Scenographer
Folklore
Concepción
Chile
Chilean
engraver
muralist
frescoes
oil paintings
engravings
lithography
woodcut
etching
scenography

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