Cecilio Guzmán de Rojas explained

Cecilio Guzmán de Rojas
Birth Date:24 October 1899
Birth Place:Potosí, Bolivia
Death Place:La Paz, Bolivia
Training:
Works:Inca Princess, 1931

Cecilio Guzmán de Rojas (24 October 1899  - 14 February 1950)[1] was a Bolivian painter who was a leader of the indigenous art movement during the first half of the 20th century.

Life

Rojas was born in Potosí, Bolivia.[2]

He was a student of Avelino Nogales, and then Julio Romero de Torres, who taught him in Spain.[3] Rojas became a leader of the Bolivian indigenous art movement during the first half of the 20th century, and was known for mixing Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles with Indigenist imagery.

Rojas taught the American modernist painter Evelyn Metzger, whilst she was living in South America.[4]

He was the father of the noted mathematician, scientist and linguist Iván Guzmán de Rojas.

He died by suicide in La Paz.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bolivianos ilustres. Bolivia.com. 21 October 2012. Spanish.
  2. Web site: Guzmán de Rojas, Cecilio. Union List of Artist Names Online. J. Paul Getty Trust. 19 October 2012.
  3. Web site: Interview of Cecilio Guzmán de Rojas . 2024-11-08 . LatinArt.com.
  4. Web site: A Finding Aid to the Evelyn Borchard Metzger papers, 1959-1968 Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution . 2024-11-07 . www.aaa.si.edu . en.