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Fernando De Szyszlo Valdelomar (born July 5, 1925 in Lima) is a Peruvian artist who is a key figure in advancing abstract art in Latin America since the mid-fifties and is still today the leading plastic artist of Peru. "Estudio" is a large Acrylic on canvas, measuring 58 inches tall by 34 inches wide, and is part of his "Mar De Lurin" series of paintings. It is signed "Szyszlo" on the lower right, and inscribed "Mar de Lurin", "Estudio" and "Orrantia/89" onverso. Szyszlo studied at the School of Plastic Arts of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. At the age of 24 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. While in Paris he met Octavio Paz and André Breton and frequented the group of writers and intellectuals that met regularly atthe Cafe 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
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