Francisco “Pancho” Fierro Palace ( Spanish: Francisco “Pancho” Fierro Palas , 1807 or 1810 , Lima - July 28, 1879 , Lima ) is a Peruvian artist of mixed Indian and African descent. It is best known for its costumbrist watercolors.
| Francisco Pancho Fierro Palace | |
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| Spanish Francisco "Pancho" Fierro Palas | |
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| Date of Birth | 1807 |
| Place of Birth | Lima |
| Date of death | July 28, 1879 |
| A place of death | Lima |
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| Genre | watercolor painting |
Biography and Creativity
Born in a poor mulatto family, the exact date of birth is unknown. From early childhood, he painted people and objects on paper.
He painted mainly with watercolors , made a living by creating commercial posters, theater posters and signs, as well as frescoes in the rich houses and institutions of Lima, but he also created many paintings on the themes of nature, religion and various realities of the Peruvian way of life: bullfights, pack transport transport, shops, carnivals, street processions. Many of his paintings also feature scenes from Lima's daily life and portraits of a wide variety of people, from Indians and Afro-Peruvians in national costumes to soldiers, workers, laundresses, street vendors, priests, wealthy women, and so on. Some of his paintings are characterized by sympathy for the people depicted on them, while others are examples of satire and caricature.
Many of his paintings were collected in 1853 by Archibald Smith; subsequently, some of them ended up in museums in the United States, France, Russia ( Leopold Schrenk's collection, transferred to the Kunstkamera ) and other countries.
Literature
- José Sabogal Diéguez . Pancho Fierro, estampas del pintor peruano, Lima, 1945;