Venezuelan art has a long history. Initially dominated by religious motifs, art in Venezuela began emphasizing historical and heroic representations in the late 19th century, a move led by

Martín Tovar y Tovar Martín Tovar y Tovar (10 February 1827 – 17 December 1902) was a Venezuelan painter, best known for his portraits and historical scenes. Biography Tovar was born and died in Caracas. His father, Antonio María Tovar (1791–1860), was a fo ...

. Modernism took over in the 20th century. Notable Venezuelan artists include Arturo Michelena, Cristóbal Rojas,

Armando Reverón Armando Reverón (May 10, 1889 – September 17, 1954) was a Venezuelan painter and sculptor, precursor of Arte Povera and considered one of the most important of the 20th century in Latin America. While his mental health deteriorated throughou ...

Manuel Cabré Manuel Cabré (January 25, 1890 – February 26, 1984) was a noted Spanish-Venezuelan landscape painter who is remembered as "the painter of El Ávila" ( es, link=no, El pintor de El Ávila). Life and career Cabré was born on January 25, 1890 ...

, the kinetic artists Jesús-Rafael Soto and

Carlos Cruz-Diez Carlos Cruz-Diez (17 August 1923 – 27 July 2019) was a Venezuelan artist said by some scholars to have been "one of the greatest artistic innovators of the 20th century." Exhibitions * ''Physichromies de Cruz-Diez: Oeuvres de 1954 à 1965' ...

, the Meta-realism artist Pajaro and

Yucef Merhi Yucef Merhi (born February 8, 1977) is a Venezuelan artist, poet and computer programmer based in New York.Carlo Zanni''INTERVIEW WITH YUCEF MERHI'', Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal's online magazine, No.18, 2004. Early lif ...

Museums in Venezuela

* The

National Art Gallery List of national galleries is a list of national art galleries. {{tocright Africa *Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa *National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia The Americas *Galería Nacional, San Juan, Puerto ...

Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

has the most comprehensive collection of 19th century paintings in the country, including works such as "Miranda Carraca the" by Arturo Michelena, as well as other works of academic painting and traveling artists of the 19th century. It is on Mexico Avenue in La Candelaria district, between the stations Bellas Artes and Parque Carabobo.Venezuela Turismo. Cultura
* The Museum of Fine Arts opened in Caracas on February 20, 1938. It has a permanent collection with work classified as: European Medieval and Modern Art, Contemporary Art European and North American Cubism and similar trends in Latin American art (painting and sculpture), Drawings and Prints, Egyptian Art and Ceramics. * Museum of Contemporary Art of Caracas (MACC). This is one of Venezuela's major museums, opened on 20 February 1974. It has presented exhibitions of national and international visual artists of painting, sculpture, drawing, film, video, and photography. It contains 17 rooms located in Central Park, near the Teresa Carreño Theatre, as well as a cabinet paper, a comprehensive art library, a creative workshop, a media room, a gallery, and a sculpture garden. Its portfolio consists of more than 3,000 works, including "Odalisque in red pants" by Henri Matisse, "lesson Sky" by

Joan Miró Joan Miró i Ferrà ( , , ; 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona i ...

, "Portrait of Dora Maar" Pablo Picasso, "Carnival Night" by

Marc Chagall Marc Chagall; russian: link=no, Марк Заха́рович Шага́л ; be, Марк Захаравіч Шагал . (born Moishe Shagal; 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist. An early modernism, modernist, he was associated with se ...

, and works by

Reverón Reverón is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: People *Adriana Reverón (born 1985), Spanish model and beauty pageant titleholder *Armando Reverón Armando Reverón (May 10, 1889 – September 17, 1954) was a Venezuelan paint ...

Jean Arp Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp (16 September 1886 – 7 June 1966), better known as Jean Arp in English, was a German-French sculptor, painter, and poet. He was known as a Dadaist and an abstract artist. Early life Arp was born in Straßburg (now Stras ...

Victor Vasarely Victor Vasarely (; born Győző Vásárhelyi, ; 9 April 1906 – 15 March 1997) was a Hungarian-French artist, who is widely accepted as a "grandfather" and leader of the Op art movement. His work entitled ''Zebra'', created in 1937, is consi ...

Auguste Rodin François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a uniqu ...

, Magdalena Abakanowicz,

Jacobo Borges Jacobo Borges (born 28 November 1931 in Caracas, Venezuela) 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. Kn ...

and

Fernando Botero Fernando Botero Angulo (born 19 April 1932) is a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor, born in Medellín. His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political ...

. * Contemporary Art Museum Jesús Soto. This avant-garde museum was established by Soto to promote Venezuelan art and culture. The building was designed by Carlos Raúl Villanueva. The museum displays works from Soto's personal collection, built up during the 1950s and 1960s during his stay in Europe. * Museum of Contemporary Art of Zulia (Maczul). This museum was inaugurated on 24 October 1998 and its permanent collection consists of works by various expressive genres created by artists first row.

Venezuelan artists

Milton Becerra Milton Becerra (born 1951) is a Venezuelan artist who pioneered land art in Venezuela in the 1970s. Early works He graduated from the Cristóbal Rojas School of Arts (1972) under the Jesús Soto promotion. From 1973 to 1980 Milton Becerra wa ...

* Carlos Cruz-Díez *

Mateo Manaure Mateo Manaure (18 October 1926 – 19 March 2018) was a Venezuelan modern artist. In Venezuela he is considered a master of abstractionism, and is known for his works in the University City of Caracas and for creating the largest glass mural in t ...

(1926 - 2018) * Arturo Michelena *

Tito Salas Británico Antonio Salas Díaz, better known as Tito Salas (8 May 1887 – 18 March 1974), was a Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country o ...

Juan Lovera Juan Lovera (11 July 1776, Caracas - 29 January 1841, Caracas) was a Venezuelan painter, best known for his portraits and historical scenes relating to his country's independence movement. Biography His father was the Chandler of Caracas Cathe ...

* Cristóbal Rojas *

Antonio Herrera Toro Antonio Herrera Toro (16 January 1857 – 26 June 1914) was a Venezuelan painter, art critic and professor. Biography He was born in Valencia, Carabobo, and began his artistic studies in 1869, under the tutelage of Martín Tovar y Tovar. Five ...

(1857 - 1914) *

Alejandro Otero Alejandro Otero (El Manteco, Bolívar, March 7, 1921 — Caracas, August 13, 1990) was a Venezuelan painter of Geometric abstraction, a sculptor, a writer and a cultural promoter. He was a founding member of the Los Disidentes group. Early lif ...

* Jesus Soto * Marisol Escobar *

* Rafael Parra Toro *

Francisco Narváez Francisco José Narváez (4 October 1905, Porlamar – 13 July 1982, Caracas) was a Venezuelan sculptor and painter who is perhaps best known for "Las Toninas", a sculptural group that decorates the fountain of the Plaza O'Leary in Caracas. His ...

Gallery

File:Juan Lovera 2012 003.JPG, La Divina Pastora,

, Galeria de Arte Nacional File:Cristobal Rojas 08a.JPG, Estudio para Dante Beatriz, 1889 Cristóbal Rojas, Coleccion the Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas - Venezuela File:Antonio Herrera Toro 2012 001.jpg, Antonio Herrera Toro, Ricaurte in San Mateo, 1898, Galeria de Arte Nacional, Caracas - Venezuela File:Antonio Herrera Toro Autoretrato 1880.JPG,

, Self Portrait, 1880 File:La Joven Madre 1889 by Arturo Michelena.jpg, La Joven Madre (Young Mother), by Arturo Michelena, 1889

References

External links

Venezuela Streets Brim with Revolutionary Art
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