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| birth_place = [[Lima]], [[Peru]]
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| training = [[National University of Engineering]]<br>[[Pontifical Catholic University of Peru]]
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| training = [[National University of Engineering]]<br>[[Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú|Pontifical Catholic University of Peru]]
| movement = [[Abstract art]], [[Surrealism]], [[Informalism]]
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'''Fernando De Szyszlo Valdelomar''' (born 5 July 1925) is a [[Peru]]vian [[painting|painter]], [[sculpture|sculptor]], [[printmaking|printmaker]], and [[teaching|teacher]] who is a key figure in advancing [[abstraction|abstract art]] in [[Latin America]] since the mid-1950s, and one of the leading [[Plastic arts|plastic artists]] in Peru.
'''Fernando de Szyszlo Valdelomar''' (5 July 1925 – 9 October 2017) was a Peruvian [[painting|painter]], [[sculpture|sculptor]], [[printmaking|printmaker]] and [[teaching|teacher]]. He was a key figure in advancing [[abstraction|abstract art]] in [[Latin America]] since the mid-1950s, and one of the leading [[Plastic arts|plastic artists]] in Peru.


==Life==
==Life and career==
Szyszlo was born in [[Lima, Peru]]; his mother was Peruvian of Spanish-Indian descent, and his father 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 [[Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú|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. He currently lives and works in Lima.
Szyszlo was born in [[Lima, Peru]]; his mother was a Peruvian citizen of [[Mestizo]] ethnicity, and his father was a geographer from Poland. In 1943, Szyszlo entered the architecture school of Peru's [[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]].

===Personal life===
Szyszlo was married to the Peruvian poet [[Blanca Varela]] (1926–2009), with whom he had two children. Their second son, Juan Lorenzo, a dual American-Peruvian citizen, was killed in the crash of [[Faucett Perú Flight 251]], near [[Arequipa]] on February 29, 1996, aged 36, when he was heading to the city to oversee an exhibition of his father's work there.<ref name="Lyman">{{Cite news |last=Lyman |first=Eric J. |date=2 March 1996 |title=Search For Bodies From Peruvian Plane Crash Continues |url=https://apnews.com/article/4485e79a6233fe9df84b205680e8cc6e |access-date=2023-05-29 |work=Associated Press}}</ref>

Szyszlo died on 9 October 2017, the same day as his second wife, Lila Yábar (m. 1988) in a domestic accident according to his secretary. At the time of his death, he resided and worked in Lima.


== Work ==
== Work ==
[[File:Intihuatana Szyszlo.jpg|thumb||left|200px|''Intihuatana''. Szyszlo´s sculpture.]]
[[File:Intihuatana Szyszlo.jpg|thumb|200px|''Intihuatana'', Szyszlo´s sculpture]]
[[lyrical abstraction|Lyricism]] of color enriched by rich textural effects and a masterly handling of light and shadow are hallmarks of Szyszlo's painting. Highly identified with the linking of ancient cultures to a modernist artistic language, Szyszlo's art reflects a broad culture that draws on many sources from philosophy and science to literature. His evocative allusions to rituals, myths, and the geography of sea and desert landscapes are often associated with [[pre-Columbian]] sacred sites. Since his first solo exhibit in Lima in 1947, Szyszlo has had over 100 individual exhibitions in museums and galleries in Latin America, Europe and the United States and has participated in the prestigious international biennials of [[São Paulo]] and [[Venice]]. His work is represented in important public and private collections throughout the world, including the [[Museum of Modern Art]], New York; [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]], New York; [[Anita Shapolsky Gallery]], New York;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artfacts.net/en/artist/fernando-de-szyszlo-37620/profile.html|title=Fernando de Szyszlo 1925, PE|work=ArtFacts.net}}</ref> [[Museum of Fine Arts, Houston]]; [[Art Museum of the Americas]], [[Washington, D.C.]]; Museo de Arte de Lima (Peru); Museo de Arte Moderna, [[Sao Paulo, Brazil]]; [[Museo Nacional de Arte (Bolívia)|Museo Nacional de Arte]], [[La Paz, Bolivia]]; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo [[Arequipa]] (Peru); and the [[Museum of Latin American Art]], [[Long Beach, California]], among others.
His work is represented in public and private collections throughout the world, including the [[Museum of Modern Art]], New York; [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]], New York; [[Anita Shapolsky Gallery]], New York;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artfacts.net/en/artist/fernando-de-szyszlo-37620/profile.html|title=Fernando de Szyszlo 1925, PE|work=ArtFacts.net}}</ref> [[Museum of Fine Arts, Houston]]; [[Art Museum of the Americas]], [[Washington, D.C.]]; Museo de Arte de Lima (Peru); [[São Paulo Museum of Modern Art|Museu de Arte Moderna]], [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]; [[Museo Nacional de Arte (Bolívia)|Museo Nacional de Arte]], [[La Paz, Bolivia]]; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo [[Arequipa]] (Peru); and the [[Museum of Latin American Art]], [[Long Beach, California]], among others.


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.artnet.com/artists/fernando+de-szyszlo/ Fernando de Szyszlo on Artnet]
*[http://www.artnet.com/artists/fernando-de-szyszlo/ Fernando de Szyszlo on Artnet]
*[http://mlagallery.com/collections/fernando-de-szyszlo Fernando de Szyszlo at MLA Gallery, Los Angeles]
*[https://www.latinamericanmasters.com/artists/fernando-de-szyszlo Fernando de Szyszlo, represented by Latin American Masters]
*[http://mlagallery.com/collections/fernando-de-szyszlo Fernando de Szyszlo at MLA Gallery, Los Angeles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427191607/http://mlagallery.com/collections/fernando-de-szyszlo |date=27 April 2014 }}
*[http://www.anitashapolskygallery.com/deszyszlo.html Fernando de Szyszlo at Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York]
*[http://www.mixografia.com/artist.php?base=artists.php&artist=Szyszlo,%20Fernando%20de Fernando de Szyszlo at Mixografia, Los Angeles]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150923172238/http://www.anitashapolskygallery.com/deszyszlo.html Fernando de Szyszlo at Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York]
*[http://www.mixografia.com/artist.php?base=artists.php&artist=Szyszlo,%20Fernando%20de Fernando de Szyszlo at Mixografia, Los Angeles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214811/http://www.mixografia.com/artist.php?base=artists.php&artist=Szyszlo,%20Fernando%20de |date=3 March 2016}}


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Latest revision as of 14:14, 20 December 2024

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Szyszlo and the second or maternal family name is Valdelomar.
Fernando de Szyszlo
Fernando de Szyszlo in 2009
Born
Fernando de Szyszlo Valdelomar

(1925-07-05)5 July 1925
Lima, Peru
Died9 October 2017(2017-10-09) (aged 92)
Lima, Peru
EducationNational University of Engineering
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Known forPainting, sculpture, printmaking
MovementAbstract art, Surrealism, Informalism
AwardsOrder of the Sun of Peru, 2011

Fernando de Szyszlo Valdelomar (5 July 1925 – 9 October 2017) was a Peruvian painter, sculptor, printmaker and teacher. He was a key figure in advancing abstract art in Latin America since the mid-1950s, and one of the leading plastic artists in Peru.

Life and career

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Szyszlo was born in Lima, Peru; his mother was a Peruvian citizen of Mestizo ethnicity, and his father was a geographer from Poland. In 1943, Szyszlo entered the architecture school of Peru's 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.

Personal life

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Szyszlo was married to the Peruvian poet Blanca Varela (1926–2009), with whom he had two children. Their second son, Juan Lorenzo, a dual American-Peruvian citizen, was killed in the crash of Faucett Perú Flight 251, near Arequipa on February 29, 1996, aged 36, when he was heading to the city to oversee an exhibition of his father's work there.[1]

Szyszlo died on 9 October 2017, the same day as his second wife, Lila Yábar (m. 1988) in a domestic accident according to his secretary. At the time of his death, he resided and worked in Lima.

Work

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Intihuatana, Szyszlo´s sculpture

His work is represented in public and private collections throughout the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York;[2] Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.; Museo de Arte de Lima (Peru); Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil; Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz, Bolivia; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Arequipa (Peru); and the Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California, among others.

References

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  1. ^ Lyman, Eric J. (2 March 1996). "Search For Bodies From Peruvian Plane Crash Continues". Associated Press. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Fernando de Szyszlo 1925, PE". ArtFacts.net.
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