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Guillermo Acevedo (1920?1988) was a Peruvian-born artist and master draftsman, most famous in the United States for his striking portrayal of Native Americans of the Southwest, and for his ability to capture and help preserve the disappearing architectural styles of old neighborhoods throughout the U.S. and abroad. Known to be an artist-observer with great sensitivity, Acevedo is recognized as a master at recording the human condition.
Guillermo Acevedo was born on October 5, 1920, in Arequipa, Peru, a city which lies near the base of Volcan Misti in Southern Peru. His father, Sebastian Acevedo Sanchez, was an architect, builder, and visionary. The family moved to the capital city of Lima when young Acevedo was sixteen years of age. Acevedo studied art at Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Lima and later owned and operated "La Pelota", an advertising business and commercial art studio. Although Acevedo was in high demand for his commercial drawings and designs, La Pelota began to nurture a downtown arts scene, becoming a post-war, bohemian-styled arts center where local and international artists would gather and work. In 1959, Acevedo immigrated to the United States as an intellectual refugee. Although he hoped to establish himself in New York City, he settled with his wife and three children in San Diego, California after experiencing what he considered to be a welcoming cultural diversity, pleasant climate, and the eucalyptus trees which reminded him of his native Arequipa. In San Diego, Acevedo transferred his creative success and his love for the arts and culture. Acevedo produced mainly grease pencil drawings (also known as Chinese wax pencil), acrylic paintings, and etchings.
Acevedo was particularly attracted to buildings, urban landscapes, and people, and is most noted for his realism and delicate attention to detail.
Works and commissions include renderings of "old neighborhood" architecture. Acevedo was particularly moved by the historical Victorian structures of San Diego and San Francisco, adobe homes of the American Southwest, and urban landscapes of Lima and Cusco, Peru and the Mediterranean.
In San Diego, Acevedo is also noted for his historical documentation of Barrio Logan's canaries and for capturing the activity of the once-robust tuna industry along San Diego Bay.
In terms of human subjects, Acevedo was inspired by his travels, encounters with native populations, and socio-political movements of the times. He began by depicting indigenous Peruvian/Incan subjects. This later evolved into indigenous Mexicans, typical environments of Tijuana, Mexico and finally indigenous peoples of the American Southwest. Here, Acevedo was particularly moved by the Apache, Hopi and Dineh Navajo, evidenced in his powerfully realistic images.
Acevedo's San Diego works were most recently featured at an exhibit at the San Diego International Airport from January 2015 to January 2016. Much of his collection continues to be on display at the gallery home of his son, noted Chicano artist Mario Torero. Source: Wikipedia.
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GUILLERMO ACEVEDO Vaqueros of the Sonoma Desert ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA 1972
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