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Fernando de Szyszlo Paintings

Peruvian, b. 1925
Fernando de Szyszlo Valdelomar was a Peruvian painter, sculptor, printmaker, and teacher who 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 was born in Lima, Peru; his mother was Peruvian of Spanish-Indian descent, and his father was a geographer from Poland. In 1943, Szyszlo entered the architecture school of the National University of Engineering, but abandoned plans to follow that profession and enrolled in the School of Plastic Arts of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. After his graduation in 1948, he traveled to Europe where he studied the works of the masters, particularly Rembrandt, Titian and Tintoretto, and absorbed the varied influences of Cubism, Surrealism, Informalism, and abstraction. Szyszlo lived in Paris and Florence from 1948 to 1955, and then returned to Peru. While in Paris he met Octavio Paz and André Breton and was part of the group of expatriate Latin American artists and writers who met regularly at the Café de Flore, engaging in vigorous discussions on how they could participate in the international modern movement while preserving their Latin American cultural identity. Upon his return to 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 married to the Peruvian poet Blanca Varela (1926–2009), with whom he had two children. At the time of his death, he resided and worked in Lima. He died on October 9, 2017, the same day as his second wife, Lila Yábar(m.1988) in a domestic accident according to his secretary.
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Artist: Fernando de Szyszlo
"El Innombrable" Fernando de Szyszlo, Red Mysticist Abstract Composition
By Fernando de Szyszlo
Located in New York, NY
Fernando de Szyszlo El Innombrable, 1980 Titled inscribed dated verso: Orrentia 1980 "El Innombrable" Signed lower bottom edge center "Szyszlo" Oil on canvas 59 1/2 x 59 inches Fernando de Szyszlo was a Peruvian painter...
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1980s Surrealist Fernando de Szyszlo Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Abolicion de la Muerte" Fernando de Szyszlo, Grey Abstract Surrealist Painting
By Fernando de Szyszlo
Located in New York, NY
Fernando de Szyszlo Abolicion de la Muerte, 1987 Titled dated verso: "Abolicion de la Muerte" NY/87 Signed lower bottom edge center "Szyszlo" Oil on canvas 56 1/2 x 37 1/2 inches Fernando de Szyszlo was a Peruvian painter...
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1980s Abstract Fernando de Szyszlo Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cermonia
By Fernando de Szyszlo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fernando de Szyszlo was a Peruvian painter and sculptor who was a key figure in advancing abstract art in Latin America since the mid-1950s. Cermonia Fer...
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Late 20th Century Fernando de Szyszlo Paintings

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Acrylic

Habitacion
By Fernando de Szyszlo
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Fernando de Szyszlo was a Peruvian painter and sculptor who was a key figure in advancing abstract art in Latin America since the mid-1950s. Habitacion F...
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Late 20th Century Fernando de Szyszlo Paintings

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Acrylic

Mar de Lurin XXI - Diptych
By Fernando de Szyszlo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fernando de Szyszlo was a Peruvian painter and sculptor who was a key figure in advancing abstract art in Latin America since the mid-1950s. Mar de Lurin...
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Late 20th Century Fernando de Szyszlo Paintings

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Acrylic

Mar de Lurin XXXIV
By Fernando de Szyszlo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fernando de Szyszlo was a Peruvian painter and sculptor who was a key figure in advancing abstract art in Latin America since the mid-1950s. Mar de Lurin...
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Late 20th Century Fernando de Szyszlo Paintings

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Acrylic

Untitled II
By Fernando de Szyszlo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fernando de Szyszlo was a Peruvian painter and sculptor who was a key figure in advancing abstract art in Latin America since the mid-1950s. Untitled II ...
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1960s Fernando de Szyszlo Paintings

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Acrylic

Mar de Lurin XXI
By Fernando de Szyszlo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fernando de Szyszlo was a Peruvian painter and sculptor who was a key figure in advancing abstract art in Latin America since the mid-1950s. Mar de Lurin...
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Late 20th Century Fernando de Szyszlo Paintings

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Acrylic

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