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Francisco Arturo Michelena Castillo (Spanish pronunciation: [aɾˈtuɾo mitʃeˈlena]; 16 June 1863 – 29 July 1898) was a Venezuelan painter known for his historical and genre scenes and portraits. Biography. His father, Juan Antonio Michelena (1832-1918) was also a painter.
Aug 13, 2016 · Arturo Michelena (1863–1898), Young Mother (1889), oil on canvas, 172 x 141.8 cm, Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela. Wikimedia Commons. Of all his fine paintings, Michelena’s Young Mother (1889) is probably his best, with its delicate balance between detail and sketchiness.
May 30, 2017 · He – son of a painter – was born on north of Valencia (Carabobo, Venezuela) at the threshold of a distant summer, when revolutionary war was just over. He received first pictorial instructions from his aunt and along with Rojas, Antonio Herrera Toro and Tovar became one of the greatest Venetian painters of the nineteenth century.
Francisco Arturo Michelena Castillo (Spanish pronunciation: [arˈtuɾo mitʃeˈlena]; 16 June 1863 – 29 July 1898) was a Venezuelan painter born in Valencia, Carabobo State. He began to paint at a young age under his father's tutelage. Traveled to Paris where he studied in the famous Académie Julian.
- June 16, 1863
- July 29, 1898
Feb 14, 2024 · Name in native language. Arturo Michelena. Date of birth. 16 June 1863. Valencia. Francisco Arturo Michelena Castillo. Date of death. 29 July 1898. Caracas.
Notable Venezuelan artists include Arturo Michelena, Cristóbal Rojas, Armando Reverón, Manuel Cabré, the kinetic artists Jesús-Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez, the Meta-realism artist Pajaro and Yucef Merhi.
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Jul 11, 2022 · The Iconic Painting by Arturo Michelena We Lost (and Recovered) in the U.S. Many of us admired the copy of ‘The Sick Child’ at the National Art Gallery of Venezuela. Axel Stein managed to reconstruct the complete history of this work, in Venezuelan hands in the U.S.
