Guillermo Trujillo (1927-2018) was a
painter
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from
Panama
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. He was born in
Horconcitos
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,
Chiriqui, Panama. He started his studies in Panama and completed them in
Madrid
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. In 1959 he obtained an Honorable Mention in the Biennial of
São Paulo
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, and has continued to receive awards. Trujillo incorporated elements of native art and hieratic figures in a very contemporary style in his canvases. His compositions included political and social satires, as well as man related to nature. His works Iconografía del Cantoral Chocoe and Tres Maestros.
His daughter is the celebrated painter
Isabel de Obaldía born in 1957.
References
External links
on latinartmuseum.comin Spanish
on legacyfineartpanama.comlist of his expositions
1927 births
2018 deaths
Panamanian painters
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