Francisco Amighetti (1907–1998) was a

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

. In addition to his paintings, Amighetti also produced

wood engraving Wood engraving is a printmaking technique, in which an artist works an image or ''matrix'' of images into a block of wood. Functionally a variety of woodcut, it uses relief printing, where the artist applies ink to the face of the block and ...

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...

and works of

art criticism Art criticism is the discussion or evaluation of visual art. Art critics usually criticize art in the context of aesthetics or the theory of beauty. A goal of art criticism is the pursuit of a rational basis for art appreciation but it is quest ...

. He based his artwork on basic lifestyle in Costa Rica. He worked with

Margarita Bertheau Margarita Bertheau Odio (born in San José, Costa Rica on 13 May 1913; died in Escazú canton on 21 November 1975) was a Costa Rican painter and cultural promoter. The Costa Rican Art Museum states that she is known for "landscapes, portraits, wa ...

on a mural called ''Agriculture''. The mural was for the presidential palace and has been called both "pastoral" and "shocking", as it shows the peasants farming but in the distance others run as a person is shot.

References

External links

Official Website (in Spanish)
Costa Rican painters Costa Rican people of Italian descent 1907 births 1998 deaths 20th-century Costa Rican painters {{painter-stub