Armando Morales (January 15, 1927 – November 16, 2011) was an internationally renowned

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painter. Morales is considered one of the most important painters of Nicaragua. Morales, who was born in

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, received many awards for his works. He received his first award at the

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n Painting Contest "15 de Septiembre" (September 15) which was held in Guatemala in 1956. He received the award for a painting which he named "Spook-Tree". That same painting was later bought by the

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in New York. The next year some of his paintings were featured at an exhibition called "Six Nicaraguan Artists" in

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, he received excellent reviews and sold all his featured paintings. Morales' work was exhibited at seven major shows from 1984 to 2000 at the Galerie Claude Bernard, a prominent gallery in

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. The Gallery has published several catalogs and posters of his work. He died in Miami, Florida, USA.

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