Fernando de Szyszlo

Fernando de Szyszlo Valdelomar (5 July 1925 – 9 October 2017) was a Peruvian painter, sculptor, printmaker, and teacher. He was a key figure in advancing abstract art in Latin America since the mid-1950s, and one of the leading plastic artists in Peru.

Szyszlo became a major force for artistic renewal in his country breaking new ground by expressing a Peruvian subject matter in a non-representational style. In 1962, he became a professor of art at Cornell University. In 1965 he became a visiting lecturer at Yale University.

Szyszlo was awarded the Order of the Sun of Peru in 2011.

Szyszlo died of complications from a fall at his home in Lima, Peru on 9 October 2017 at the age of 92.Fernando de Szyszlo: falleció el destacado artista plástico a los 92 años 

References

Other websites
Fernando de Szyszlo on Artnet
Fernando de Szyszlo at MLA Gallery, Los Angeles
Fernando de Szyszlo at Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York
 Fernando de Szyszlo at Mixografia, Los Angeles 

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Category:Peruvian painters
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