Biography of oswaldo guayasamin

Ecuadorian painter

Oswaldo Guayasamín Calero (July 6, 1919 – March 10, 1999) was an Ecuadorian painter and sculptor of Kichwa and Mestizo heritage.

Biography

Early life

Guayasamín was born in Quito, Ecuador,^[2] to a native father and a Mestiza mother, both of Kichwa descent.^[3] His family was poor and his father worked as a carpenter for most of his life.

Oswaldo Guayasamín later worked as a taxi and truck driver.

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He was the eldest of ten children in his family. When he was young, he enjoyed drawing caricatures of his teachers and the children that he played with. He showed an early love for art. He created a Pan-American art of human and social inequalities which achieved international recognition.

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He graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Quito as a painter and sculptor. He also studied architecture there. He held his first exhibition when he was 23, in 1942. While he was attending college, his best friend died during a dem