Mario Urteaga Alvarado
Urteaga Alvarado, Mario (April 1, 1875 – June 12, 1957) was a Peruvian painter. He originally worked as a painter, photographer and upon his return to his native Cajamarca from Lima he worked as a school teacher, farming and journalist. Unlike his Indigenism colleagues, trained in the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Lima, Urteaga was a self-taught artist and had developed the central work of his paintings in Cajamarca.
Also recorded as Mario Urteaga · Mario Tulio Escipión Urteaga Alvarado · Amacio Ecipión Urtiaga · Mario Tulio Escipíon Urteaga Alvarado
Mario Urteaga Alvarado
- Name
- Mario Urteaga Alvarado
- Birth Name
- Mario Urteaga
- Born
- 1 April 1875
- Birthplace
- Cajamarca Perú, Cajamarca Region
- Died
- 12 June 1957
- Place of death
- Cajamarca
- Known for
- Painter of peruvian native themes
- Nationality
- Peru
- Occupation
- painter · journalist · lawyer · scientist · politician
- Languages
- Spanish
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Urteaga Alvarado, Mario (April 1, 1875 – June 12, 1957) was a Peruvian painter. He originally worked as a painter, photographer and upon his return to his native Cajamarca from Lima he worked as a school teacher, farming and journalist. Unlike his Indigenism colleagues, trained in the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Lima, Urteaga was a self-taught artist and had developed the central work of his paintings in Cajamarca.
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This circumstance contributed to shaping the image of the artist as topical spontaneous product of his environment and to project an ambivalent perception of his work, sometimes classified as non-academic and as a manifestation of the independent indigenousness. His spontaneity and topicality are reminiscent of the caricatures of Pancho Fierro, yet his representation of the indigenous peoples of Peru and their daily life is serious. He is considered to be the first painter to portray Indian people without patronizing them, as can be seen in the Adobe Makers (1937, priv. Col.) and Return of the Peasants (Lima, Mus. An exhibition of his work was held at the Banco de la Nación, Lima, in 1989. He was the first Peruvian painter with a work in the "MOMA" of New York City. Urteaga died in 1957 in Cajamarca.
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• Name — Mario Urteaga Alvarado • Birth Name — Mario Urteaga • Born — 1 April 1875 • Birthplace — Cajamarca Perú, Cajamarca Region • Died — 12 June 1957 • Place of death — Cajamarca • Known for — Painter of peruvian native themes • Style — Indigenism • Notable Works — La riña - The Fight El primer corte de pelo - The first haircut Los tejeros - The weavers
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1875
Mario Urteaga Alvarado born at Cajamarca Department.
1957
Mario Urteaga Alvarado died on 1 January 1957.
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