Juan Manuel Ugarte Eléspuru (1911–2004) was a

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vian painter, sculptor, writer, academic administrator, and historian.

Biography

Juan Manuel Ugarte Eléspuru was born in 1911, in Lima, Peru. He went to school in Germany and Spain, and studied art in

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. Ugarte Eléspuru was director of the National Superior Autonomous School of Fine Arts, Lima (

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: ''Escuela Nacional Superior Autónoma de Bellas Artes del Perú'') from 1950 to 1973. He exhibited his work at the 2nd II Bienal Hispanoamericana de Arte in 1954, in

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Writers from Lima 1911 births 2004 deaths 20th-century Peruvian historians 20th-century Peruvian painters 20th-century Peruvian male artists 20th-century Peruvian male writers Peruvian male painters {{Peru-historian-stub Academic staff of the National Superior Autonomous School of Fine Arts, Lima Academics from Lima