Armando Julio Reverón (Spanish Armando Julio Reverón , born May 10, 1889. Caracas - died. September 18, 1954 Caracas ) is one of the greatest artists of Venezuela of the 20th century. He was also engaged in sculpture and graphics.
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Life and creativity
In 1896, A. Reveron moved to the Venezuelan town of Valencia and lives in the family of Rodriguez Hoski. The first teacher of the picture for the young Armando was his maternal uncle, Ricardo Montilla, who had previously studied art in New York. In the house of Montilla, Armando met and became friends with his daughter Dolores Triviezo, who became a model for A. Reveron’s early works. At the same time, Reveron met a young painter Caesar Prieto, who advised him to enter the Caracas National Academy of Fine Arts (Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes) . The Academy teachers A. Reverona were Emilio Mauri, Antonio Gerrea Toro and Pedro Zepra (in the years 1908-11). Having noticed his considerable artistic talent, the young artist receives from his professors an offer to continue his education in Europe. In 1911 he arrives in Barcelona and enters the local School of Fine Arts (Escuela de Artes y Oficios y Bellas Artes) , in 1912–1913 A. Reverón studies at the Madrid Academy of Fine Arts San Fernando , in the class of Antonio Munez Degrain, who studied at the time Salvador Dali . In Spain, a young artist carefully studies the canvases of F. Goya, D. Velasquez and El Greco. In 1914, A. Reveron arrives in France, lives in Paris and draws a lot - landscapes of Parisian surroundings, the town of Chantilly on the Oise, etc.
Returning to Venezuela in 1915, he joined in 1916 the modernist group "Society of Fine Arts" ("Círculo de Bellas Artes"), whose members opposed academism in contemporary painting. The artists who were part of it founded an independent studio that was also involved in training. Members of the group preferred to depict mainly nature and genre scenes on their canvases. In 1916, A. Reveron wrote his first landscapes in blue, revealing the so-called. "Blue period" in his work. In 1917 he moved to the city of La Guaira and earned a living there by teaching drawing to children in rich families. In 1918, at a carnival, he met Juanita Mota, his regular model, girlfriend and in the future - his wife. In 1919, Reverón also met with the illustrator and landscape painter Nikolai Ferdinand , who had arrived in Venezuela, who had a great influence on the work of the Venezuelan artist.
In 1921, the artist settles in the small town of Makuto, in the central part of the Venezuelan coast, and proceeds to the construction of his house-workshop El Castillete , in which he spent the rest of his life. Here he paints many landscape paintings depicting the brightness and richness of tropical nature. In the years 1924-1925, the “blue period” is replaced by the second “white period” in A. Reveron’s works, which lasted until 1932.
In 1933, in Caracas, the first major exhibition of works by A. Reveron, in the Caracas Athenaeum (Ateneo de Caracas ), then his works are exhibited at the Kati Granoff Gallery in Paris. In the same year, the artist temporarily ceases painting, the first signs of a nervous disease appear. In 1936 he began to draw again, in the works of A. Reveron comes the third - the “sepia period”, with many of his works devoted to marine species, coastal species and the port of La Guaira. Since 1939, the artist begins to develop and create dolls, writes canvases depicting female figures. In 1945, as a result of a new exacerbation of neurosis, he was forced to go to hospital for treatment. After leaving the hospital, in 1947, Reveron re-constructs many dolls. He is also engaged in the manufacture of accessories, musical instruments, masks, etc. In 1953, after a new bout of illness, A. Reveron returned to painting. In the same year, shortly before his death, the artist is awarded the National Prize in Painting (Premio Nacional de Pintura) . He died in the hospital.
In 1974, in the residence of A. Reverón El Castillete a museum of his work was opened.
Cinema
In 1952 in Venezuela, director Margot Venacerraf shot a half-hour documentary about A. Reverone.
In May 2011, in Venezuela, a feature film was shot about the life of this artist called “Reveron La Pelicula”. The director - Diego Risquez, in the main role (Armando Riverona) was filmed by Luigi Skyamann.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF ID : 2011 open data platform .
- ↑ 1 2 Armando Reverón
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
Literature
- BOULTON, ALFREDO. S / F: "Biografía de Armando Reverón 1886-1954." Colección Venezolanos del Siglo XX. Fundación Eugenio Mendoza. Caracas - Venezuela.
- CALZADILLA, JUAN. 1979: "Armando Reverón". Ernesto Armitano Editor. Caracas - Venezuela.
- DÍAZ LEGÓRBURU, RAÚL, (comp.) 1975; “Armando Reverón”, 10 ensayos. Concejo Municipal del Distrito Federal, Caracas - Venezuela.
- FUNDACIÓN ARMANDO REVERÓN. 1992: “Esta luz como para magos: Armando Reverón, visto por Mariano Picas Salas y otros”. Caracas -Venezuela.
- GALERÍA DE ARTE NACIONAL. 1993: “Donación Miguel Otero Silva. Arte venezolano en las colecciones de la Galería de Arte Nacional y el Museo de Anzoátegui. Consejo Nacional de la Cultura (CONAC). y Fundación Galería de Arte Nacional.
- LISCANO, JUAN. 1994: "El erotismo creador en Armando Reverón". Fundación Galería de Arte Nacional. Caracas - Venezuela.