Galo Galecio Taranto (June 1, 1906 in

Vinces Vinces is a city in the Los Ríos Province, Ecuador. It is the seat of the Vinces Canton. There is also a Vinces River. Vinces, known as "Little Paris", is characterized by its ancient buildings, constructed in wood, that belonged to the rich cac ...

– April 14, 1993 in

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) was an Ecuadorian painter, sculptor, caricaturist, and printmaker. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in

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, and received a scholarship to study printmaking and mural painting at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico from 1944 to 1946. In Mexico he studied with famous muralist Diego Rivera, and became a member of the printmaking workshop

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. He then created his first print portfolio Bajo la Linea del Ecuador, one of his most important works. In 1987 Galo Galecio was awarded Ecuador's most prestigious prize "

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" for his lifetime work as an artist.Ganadores (Biografias)

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1906 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Ecuadorian painters {{Ecuador-painter-stub