Oswaldo Guayasamin Modernist Sterling Brooch Pendant
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Directory: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Latin American: Pre 1970: Item # 1002731
Directory: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Latin American: Pre 1970: Item # 1002731
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$1200.00
Vintage Modernist Sterling Brooch Pendant
Oswaldo Guayasamin
Very good vintage condition
Sterling silver w/synthetic rubies
3 1/4" x 1 1/4"
Oswaldo Guayasamin, was born in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, on July 6, 1919. He graduated from the School of Fine Art in Quito as painter and sculptor. He carried out his first exhibit when he was 23, in 1942. He achieved in his youth all National Awards, and was credited, in 1952, at the age of 33, the Grand Award of the Biennial of Spain and later the Grand Award of the Biennial of Sao Paulo. His last exhibits were personally inaugurated in the Palace Museum of Luxemberg in Paris, and in the Museo Palais de Glace in Buenos Aires, in 1995. He died on March 10, 99, when he was 79 years old. His work has been shown in museums in all capitals of America and in many countries in Europe, for example, in Leningrade (L'Ermitage), Moscow, Prague, Rome, Madrid, Barcelona, and Warsaw. He carried out 180 individual exhibits, and his production was fruitful in paintings, murals, sculptures and monuments.
