Eduardo Kingman RiofrÃo (February 23, 1913 – November 27, 1997) was an
Ecuadorian
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artist. He is considered one of Ecuador's greatest artists of the 20th century, among the art circles of other master artists such as
Oswaldo GuayasamÃn
Oswaldo GuayasamÃn (July 6, 1919 – March 10, 1999) was an Ecuadorian painter and sculptor of Kichwa and Mestizo heritage.
Biography
Early life
GuayasamÃn was born in Quito, Ecuador, to a native father and a Mestiza mother, both of Kichwa de ...
and
Camilo Egas Camilo Egas (1889-September 18, 1962) was an Ecuadorian master painter and teacher, who was also active in the United States and Europe.RodrÃguez, Marco Antonio and Mario MonteforteUn Antelatado de su Tiempo: Camilo Egas. ''Latin Art Museum.'' (ret ...
.
Background
Kingman was born in
Loja, Ecuador
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on February 23, 1913.
[Eduardo Kingman (1913-1994).]
''AskArt.'' (retrieved 12 April 2009) His father, Edward Kingman, had moved to Ecuador from
Newton, Connecticut. Kingman was the elder brother of journalist
Nicolás Kingman RiofrÃo.
Kingman first studied under
Victor Mideros
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at the Escuela de Bellas Artes, in
Quito
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. Further studies took him to
Venezuela
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,
Peru
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,
Bolivia
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and finally to
San Francisco Art Institute
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, California (1945–1946).
Art career
People from the United States first became acquainted with Kingman's art in 1939, when he assisted
Camilo Egas Camilo Egas (1889-September 18, 1962) was an Ecuadorian master painter and teacher, who was also active in the United States and Europe.RodrÃguez, Marco Antonio and Mario MonteforteUn Antelatado de su Tiempo: Camilo Egas. ''Latin Art Museum.'' (ret ...
with the paintings and decorations for the Ecuadorian Pavilion at the
New York World's Fair.
For a period of twenty years, Eduardo Kingman held the post of principal professor at Quito's Escuela de Bellas Artes (School of Fine Arts) as well as Director of the
Museo de Arte Colonial de Quito.
[ In 1940, Kingman founded the Caspicara Gallery in Quito. At this time and later his original prints and paintings were exhibited internationally in such cities as ]Paris
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, Washington, D.C.
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, San Francisco
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, Mexico City
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, Caracas
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and Bogotá
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. Near the end of his career, Kingman was honored with a one-man exhibition of his art at the United Nations
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, New York City
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.
The unifying theme of Kingman's painting
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s, lithographies and woodcut
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s in expressing the social realities of Ecuador's indigenous peoples. He was known as "the painter of hands."[Colombia Police Recover Stolen Ecuador Kingman Paintings.]
''Latin American Herald Tribune.'' (retrieved 12 April 2009)
Kingman was also active as a writer and social activist.
He died in Quito
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in 1998.[ Two of his paintings were stolen from the Posada de las Artes Kingman Museum in 2003 but were safely recovered.][
]
Published works
*Albornoz, Miguel and Eduardo Kingman. ''Orellana: El Caballero de las Amazonas.'' Editorial Herrero (1965). ASIN B001FCLO4I.
*Icaza, Jorge, author. Kingman, Eduardo, illustrator. ''Huairapamushcas.'' Quito : Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 1948.
See also
*Culture of Ecuador
The majority of Ecuador's population is descended from a mixture of both European and Amerindian ancestry. The other 10% of Ecuador's population originate east of the Atlantic Ocean, predominantly from Spain, Italy, Lebanon, France and Germany. A ...
*List of Ecuadorian artists
This article is a list of Ecuadorian artists.
* AnÃbal VillacÃs (born 1927, Ambato)
* Araceli Gilbert (1913–1993)
* Caesar Andrade Faini (born 1913, Quito)
* Camilo Egas (1889–1962)
* Cecile Chong (born 1964)
* Eduardo Kingman (1913†...
"Birthplace" by Eduardo Kingman
References
External links
Posada de las Artes.-Kingman
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1913 births
1998 deaths
Ecuadorian painters
Modern painters
San Francisco Art Institute alumni
People from Loja, Ecuador
Ecuadorian people of American descent
Ecuadorian expatriates in Venezuela
Ecuadorian expatriates in Peru
Ecuadorian expatriates in the United States
Ecuadorian expatriates in Bolivia