This is a list of artists, in chronological and period order, who were born in

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

or whose artworks are closely associated with the country.

19th Century Venezuelan artists

Pedro Castillo José Pedro Castillo Terrones (; born 19 October 1969) is a Peruvian politician, former elementary school teacher, and union leader who served as the President of Peru from 28 July 2021 to 7 December 2022. On 7 December 2022, he was impeached a ...

(1790-1858), painter *

Juan Lovera Juan Lovera (11 July 1776, Caracas - 29 January 1841, Caracas) was a Venezuelan painter, best known for his portraits and historical scenes relating to his country's independence movement. Biography His father was the Chandler of Caracas Ca ...

(1776–1841) * Carmelo Fernández (1809–1897), artist and painter *

Martín Tovar y Tovar Martín Tovar y Tovar (10 February 1827 – 17 December 1902) was a Venezuelan painter, best known for his portraits and historical scenes. Biography Tovar was born and died in Caracas. His father, Antonio María Tovar (1791–1860), was a f ...

(1827–1902) * Eloy Palacios (1847–1919), artist, sculptor and painter *

Emilio Jacinto Mauri Emilio Jacinto Mauri Ivern (9 March 1855, La Guaira - 18 February 1908, Caracas) was a Venezuelan painter who specialized in portraits; mostly of an historical nature. Biography His father was Spanish and his mother was French. After 1861, his ...

(1855–1908) *

Emilio Boggio Emilio Boggio (21 May 18577 June 1920) was an Italian- Venezuelan pioneering impressionist painter. In 1864 he traveled to France and studied at the Lycée Michelet in Paris until 1870. In 1873, he returned to Caracas and dedicated himself to th ...

(1857–1920) * Antonio Herrera Toro (1857–1914) * Cristóbal Rojas (1857–1890) *

Arturo Michelena Francisco Arturo Michelena Castillo (; 16 June 1863 – 29 July 1898) was a Venezuelan painter known for his historical and genre scenes and portraits. Biography His father, Juan Antonio Michelena (1832-1918) was also a painter. His mothe ...

(1863–1898)

20th Century Venezuelan artists

* Federico Brandt (1878–1932) * Tito Salas (1887–1974) *

Armando Reverón Armando Reverón (May 10, 1889 – September 17, 1954) was a Venezuelan painter and sculptor, precursor of Arte Povera and considered one of the most important of the 20th century in Latin America. While his mental health deteriorated throughou ...

(1889–1954) * Bárbaro Rivas (1893–1967) *

Manuel Cabré Manuel Cabré (January 25, 1890 – February 26, 1984) was a noted Spanish-Venezuelan landscape painter who is remembered as "the painter of El Ávila" ( es, link=no, El pintor de El Ávila). Life and career Cabré was born on January 25, 1890 ...

(1890–1984) * Juan Félix Sánchez (1900–1997) * Francisco Narvaez (1905–1982) * Gertrude Goldschmidt "Gego" (1912–1994) * César Rengifo (1915–1980) * Gabriel Bracho (1915–1995) * Braulio Salazar (1917–2008) * Mario Abreu (1919–1993) * Alejandro Otero (1921–1990) * Mercedes Pardo (1921–2005) * Jesús Rafael Soto (1923–2005) * Seka Severin de Tudja (1923–2007) *

Carlos Cruz-Díez Carlos Cruz-Diez (17 August 1923 – 27 July 2019) was a Venezuelan artist said by some scholars to have been "one of the greatest artistic innovators of the 20th century." Exhibitions * ''Physichromies de Cruz-Diez: Oeuvres de 1954 à 1965' ...

(1924–2019) * Narciso Debourg (b. 1925) * Elsa Gramcko (1925–1994) * Mateo Manaure (1926–2018) *

Oswaldo Vigas Oswaldo Vigas (August 4, 1926 – April 22, 2014) was a Venezuelan artist, best known as a self-taught painter and muralist. His work includes painting, sculptures, prints, drawings, ceramics and tapestries. His artwork was created in France and ...

(1926–2014) * Pedro León Zapata (1928–2015) * Mariano Díaz (photographer) (b. 1929) *

Marisol Escobar Marisol Escobar (May 22, 1930 – April 30, 2016), otherwise known simply as Marisol, was a Venezuelan-American sculptor born in Paris, who lived and worked in New York City. She became world-famous in the mid-1960s, but lapsed into relative obsc ...

(1930–2016) *

Lía Bermúdez Lía Bermúdez (August 4, 1930 – October 22, 2021) was a Venezuelan sculptor. Bermúdez was born in Caracas. She began her studies at the School of Applied Arts in Caracas (1944–1946) and moved to Maracaibo. There in 1947, she continued he ...

(b. 1930) *

Jacobo Borges Jacobo Borges (born 28 November 1931 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a contemporary, neo-figurative Latin- American artist. His curiosity for exploring different mediums made him a painter, drawer, film director, stage designer and plastic artist. Kn ...

(b. 1931) * Juan Calzadilla (b. 1931) * Gregorio Camacho (1933-2002) * Juvenal Ravelo (b. 1934) * Julio Maragall (b. 1936) * Asdrubal Colmenarez (b. 1936) * Francisco Hung (1937–2001) *

Harry Abend Harry Abend, OFM (5 May 193718 January 2021) was a Polish-born Venezuelan sculptor and architect. Abend immigrated to Venezuela in 1948 and embarked on his sculpture practice in 1958 under the guidance of Miguel Arroyo while also studying archi ...

(1937–2021) * Aimée Battistini (1937-2021) *

Alirio Palacios Alirio Palacios (December 7, 1938 – September 11, 2015) was a Venezuelan visual artist known for his drawings, graphic designing, printmaking and sculpture. Horse figures were often motifs of his graphic art and sculpture, an obsession he develope ...

(1938–2015) * Balthazar Armas (1941–2015) * Paul del Rio (1943–2015) * Jorge Blanco (b. 1945) * Azalea Quiñones (b. 1951) * Patricia Van Dalen (b. 1955) *

Arturo Herrera Arturo Herrera (born 1959) is a Venezuelan visual artist who exhibits internationally, known for his melding of cartoons and collage. He has had one-person exhibitions at Centre d’Art Contemporain, Dia Center For The Arts, Centro Galego de Ar ...

(b. 1959) * María Rivas (1960-2019)

Contemporary Venezuelan artists

* Julio Aguilera (b. 1961) * José Antonio Hernández-Diez (b. 1964) * Carla Arocha (b. 1961) * Fernando Asián (b. 1951) * Muu Blanco (b. 1966) * Beatriz Helena Ramos (b. 1971) * Jaime Gili (b. 1972) * Suwon Lee (b. 1977) *

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(b. 1973) * Yucef Merhi (b. 1977) * Daniella Isamit Morales (b. 1982) * Enrique Enn (b. 1995) * Raul J Mendez (b.1973)

19th Century Venezuelan artists

20th Century Venezuelan artists

Contemporary Venezuelan artists

See also