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Theo Constanté Parra (May 11, 1934 in
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– April 27, 2014) was a master Latin American painter part of the Abstract Informalist Movement in Ecuador. In 2005, Constanté won the country's most prestigious award for art, literature and culture, the
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National Award, presented by the President of Ecuador. Constanté's works are abstract in nature and consist of many colors which meld together amongst loosely drawn geometric lines. Constanté stated that his favorite colors were red, orange and blue and they are the colors that are typically more dominant in his work. Constanté studied and later taught at the School of Fine Arts in
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and in the Academy of San Fernando of
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. In 1963, Constanté's works were represented at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris for the Third Biennial of Paris together with fellow Ecuadorian painters Enrique Tábara and
Humberto Moré Emilio Humberto Moré (1929–1984) was an Ecuadorian painter, sculptor and muralist, poet, writer, and art critic. He was a contemporary of Enrique Tábara, Luis Molinari and Estuardo Maldonado, a group of young artists who began an art revival i ...
. The work of Constanté can be found in galleries, museums and collections throughout
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Notable Exhibits, Awards & Medals

* 1955 - Municipality of Guayaquil * 1960 - Salon de Julio,
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* 1961 - Salon de Julio,
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* 1962 - Salon de Julio,
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* 1962 - Salon de October,
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* 1963 - Salon de Julio,
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* 1963 - Third Biennial of Paris, Museum of Modern Art,
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* 1964 - Salon de Julio,
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* 1967 - First Prize of the First Biennial of
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* 1969 - X Bienal de San Pablo, Museo de Arte Moderno,
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* 1969 - X Bienal de São Paulo,
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* 1979 - XV Bienal Internacional de São Paulo,
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* 2005 -
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National Award, for artistic contributions to Ecuadorian culture, presented by the President of Ecuador.


References

* Hernán Rodriguez Castelo, "Panorama of the Art", Ecuadorian Library of the Family, no. 9, Ministry of Education and Culture of Ecuador, Edit. National Publishing corporation, House of the Ecuadorian Culture. * Salvat, ''Arte Contemporáneo de Ecuador''. Salvat Editores Ecuatoriana, S.A.,
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, 1977. * Arte Ecuatoriano, Salvat, Volume IV.
Municipalidad de Guayaquil
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