List of Peruvian artists
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This is a list of contemporary Peruvian painters:
- Pablo AmaringoPablo AmaringoPablo Cesar Amaringo was an acclaimed Peruvian artist, renowned for his intricate, colourful depictions of his visions from drinking the entheogenic plant brew, ayahuasca. He was first brought to the West's attention by Dennis McKenna and Luis Eduardo Luna, who met Pablo in Pucallpa while...
(b. 1938) - Mario Urteaga AlvaradoMario Urteaga AlvaradoUrteaga Alvarado, Mario was a Peruvian painter. He originally worked as a journalist, administrator and teacher...
(1875–1957) - Grimanesa AmorósGrimanesa AmorósGrimanesa Amorós is an interdisciplinary artist with diverse interests in the fields of social history, scientific research and critical theory...
(b. 1962) - Hugo Orellana BonillaHugo Orellana BonillaHugo Orellana Bonilla was one of the most recognized Peruvian painters.He was born in 1932 Ataura a district of Jauja, Peru....
(1932–2007) - Martín ChambiMartín ChambiMartín Chambi Jiménez or Martín Chambi de Coaza, was a photographer, originally from southern Peru...
, (1891-1973), photographer - Daniel HernándezDaniel Hernández (painter)Daniel Hernández Morillo was a Peruvian painter.Hernández was born in Hurpay, Huancavelica. He studied under Leonardo Barbieri, and in 1875, after attaining a scholarship from the Peruvian government, he travelled to Europe...
(1856–1932) - Nelson MedinaNelson MedinaNelson Medina is an artist from Lima, Perú. Becoming recognized early in his career, Medina's works have been shown internationally in his magazine, Revolutionart, which also promotes the work of independent artists and famous talents....
(b. 1978) - Carlos MoralesCarlos Morales (artist)Carlos Morales is renowned for his watercolors of rural Peruvian life. Carlos Morales was born on December 31, 1955. In 1979, after earning acclaim in local circles, he was accepted to the School of Fine Arts and graduated in 1984. In 2005, National Geographic selected Morales as a featured artist...
(b. 1955) - Carlos Enrique PolancoCarlos Enrique PolancoCarlos Enrique Polanco is a notable exponent of Peruvian painting. Since his beginnings he was attracted to the less privileged urban sectors of Lima City. When he studied in School of Fine Arts, his work reflected the iconography and color of the Peruvian urban night life...
- J. Alberto Tello Montalvo
- Jorge Vinatea ReinosoJorge Vinatea ReinosoJorge Vinatea Reinoso was a Peruvian painter.Reinoso was born in Arequipa. His first exhibition was in 1917, and by 1918 he had moved to Lima. There, from 1919 to 1924, he was taught by painter Daniel Hernández at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes...
(1900–1931) - José SabogalJosé SabogalJosé Sabogal was a Peruvian painter and muralist who was "the most renowned early supporter" and thus a leader in the artistic indigenist movement of his country. As Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez, and Ana M...
(1888–1956) - Josué SánchezJosué SánchezJosué Sánchez Cerron is a Peruvian painter born in Huancayo, Peru in 1945.-Early life, education, and work as an artist:-Growing up in the Campo:...
(b. 1945) - Basilio Santa Cruz PumacallaoBasilio Santa Cruz PumacallaoBasilio Pacheco de Santa Cruz Pumacallao was a Quechua painter from Cusco, Peru. He was part of the Cuzco School, a colonial movement of indigenous painters educated in the Baroque religious painting tradition of Spain.-Background:...
(1635–1710) - Fernando de SzyszloFernando de SzyszloFernando De Szyszlo Valdelomar is a Peruvian artist who is a key figure in advancing abstract art in Latin America since the mid-1950s, and one of the leading plastic artists in Peru.-Studies and influences:...
(b. 1925) - Antonio Sinchi Roca Inka (17th century)
- Carlos Runchie Tanaka
- Carmen Gris Tello Fuentes
- María Luisa Tello Fuentes
- Diego Quispe TitoDiego Quispe TitoDiego Quispe Tito was a Peruvian painter. He is considered the leader of the Cuzco School of painting.The son of a noble Inca family, Quispe Tito was born in Cuzco, and worked throughout his life in the district of San Sebastián; his house is still extant, and shows his coat of arms on its door...
(1611–1681) - Juan Antonio Valdivieso Fuentes
- Boris VallejoBoris VallejoBoris Vallejo is a Peruvian-born American painter. He immigrated to the United States in 1964, and he currently resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He frequently works with Julie Bell, his wife, painter, and model....
(b. 1941) - Alberto VargasAlberto VargasAlberto Vargas was a noted Peruvian painter of pin-up girls. He is often considered one of the most famous of the pin-up artists...
(1896–1982) - Marcos ZapataMarcos ZapataMarcos Zapata , also called Marcos Sapaca Inca, was a Peruvian Quechua painter, born in Cuzco. He was one of the last members of the Cuzco School, an art center in which Spanish painters taught native students to paint religious works. Zapata introduced elements from his own lands into his paintings...
(c. 1710–1773)