Carlos Cañas
Carlos Cañas (September 3, 1924April 14, 2013) was a Salvadoran painter who studied art and theory at the School of Arts of El Salvador. In 1950, he received a scholarship to study art, history, aesthetics, and literature in Madrid at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. In 2012, he received the national prize of culture Premio Nacional de Cultura of El Salvador.
Carlos Cañas
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- Name
- Carlos Cañas
- Born
- 3 September 1924
- Birthplace
- San Salvador, El Salvador
- Died
- 14 April 2013
- Occupation
- Painter
- Spouse
- Carmen Gutierrez Cañas
- Nationality
- El Salvador
- Fields
- abstract art
- Languages
- Spanish
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Carlos Cañas (September 3, 1924April 14, 2013) was a Salvadoran painter who studied art and theory at the School of Arts of El Salvador. In 1950, he received a scholarship to study art, history, aesthetics, and literature in Madrid at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. In 2012, he received the national prize of culture Premio Nacional de Cultura of El Salvador.
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• Name — Carlos Cañas • Born — 3 September 1924 • Birthplace — San Salvador, El Salvador • Died — 14 April 2013 • Place of death — San Salvador, El Salvador • Occupation — Painter • Spouse — Carmen Gutierrez Cañas • Children — 2
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Carlos Cañas was born on 3 September 1924.
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