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Eligio Pichardo
Eligio Pichardo (1929–1984) was a painter from the Dominican Republic. He worked in Santo Domingo and New York City, producing Expressionist and Abstract Expressionist works. Early life and education Pichardo was born in Salcedo, Hermanas Mirabal, Salcedo, Hermanas Mirabal Province, and raised in San Francisco de Macorís, Duarte Province. He enrolled in the National School of Fine Arts in Santo Domingo in 1945, studying under José Vela Zanetti and alongside Clara Ledesma and Gilberto Hernández Ortega. His early work was greatly influenced by Dominican artists José Vela Zanetti, Vela Zanetti, Jaime Colson and Darío Suro. Career In the early 1950s, Pichardo painted hundreds of murals in schools throughout Santo Domingo. Themes included the history of the Dominican Republic and Don Quixote. He participated in important biennial art exhibitions held throughout the world, including São Paulo, Madrid and Paris. In 1951, he won a prize at the Madrid Biennial. Three years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salcedo, Hermanas Mirabal
Salcedo is the capital city of the Hermanas Mirabal Province in the Dominican Republic. It is the birthplace of the Dominican heroines, the Mirabal sisters, who died in the struggle against the dictator Rafael Trujillo. A museum in the town commemorates three of sisters; it was tended to by the remaining sister, Bélgica (Dedé) Mirabal, until her death on February 1, 2014. The city is named after Francisco Antonio Salcedo who fought in the northwestern part of the country against the Haitian army during the Dominican-Haitian War after the Dominican independence from Haiti in 1844. Geography Salcedo is located in the Cibao Valley, south of the ''Cordillera Septentrional'' (in English, "Northern mountain range"). It has a total area of 432.95 km2. It has only one municipal district (a subdivision of a municipality): Jamao Afuera. Climate History In the place where is now the city of Salcedo there was a very small town with the name of ''Juana Núñez''. It was made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |