Aníbal Villacís
アニバル・ビジャシス
Anibaru Bijashisu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1927-11-11 （Ambato, Ecuador）
- Died
- 2012-03-07 （Ecuador） age 84
- Nationality
- Ecuador
- Languages
- Spanish
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Ambato, Ecuador → Quito, Ecuador → Paris, France → Madrid, Spain
Career
- Occupations
- painter
- Active Years
- 1950-2012
- Affiliations
- VAN Group (Vanguardia Artística Nacional)
- Influenced By
- Antoni Tàpies, Antonio Saura, Modest Cuixart
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hispanic Cultural Institute | — | Art | — | 1953-1958 | Spain |
Hispanic Cultural Institute
Art
Period:
1953-1958
Country:
Spain
Scholarship for art studies
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Premio Eugenio Espejo | — | 芸術・文学・文化 | Office of the President of Ecuador | 受賞 |
| 1960 | First Prize Mariano Aguilera | Incaico | — | Mariano Aguilera Hall, Quito | 受賞 |
| 1969 | First Prize, Salón de la Casa de la Cultura de Guayaquil | Calendario Precolombino | — | Casa de la Cultura de Guayaquil | 受賞 |
Premio Eugenio Espejo
2007
Category:
芸術・文学・文化
Organization:
Office of the President of Ecuador
Result:
受賞
First Prize Mariano Aguilera
1960
Work:
Incaico
Organization:
Mariano Aguilera Hall, Quito
Result:
受賞
First Prize, Salón de la Casa de la Cultura de Guayaquil
1969
Work:
Calendario Precolombino
Organization:
Casa de la Cultura de Guayaquil
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Filigranas
1958 InformalismSeries started in the late fifties using mixed media on masonite, wood or canvas with marble dust, sand, metal, plaster, paint, gold and/or silver leaf to create modern aesthetics influenced by Pre-Columbian ancestors.
Pre-Columbian artabstract symbolsancestral heritageBaroque elements
Faces of Quito's ghetto children
1970 Figurative portraiturePaintings from the seventies highlighting insecurities, uncertainty, and premature old age of Quito's ghetto children.
social underclassurban povertyhuman vulnerability
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- InformalismAncestralismmixed media techniquestexture-focusedlayered painting and scraping
- Recurring Motifs
- Pre-Columbian symbolsfiligree patternsbullfightingcityscapeschildren's faces
Legacy
Pioneer of Ecuadorian modern art and co-founder of the VAN Group. Known for innovative works blending Pre-Columbian motifs with Informalism. Exhibited internationally and awarded the Premio Eugenio Espejo in 2007. Works in major museum collections worldwide.
Museums
- San Diego Museum of Art San Diego, California, USA Opened in 1926
- Blanton Museum of Art Austin, Texas, USA Opened in 1968
- Museum of the Central Bank of Ecuador Quito, Ecuador
- Museo Antropológico y de Arte Contemporáneo (MAAC) Guayaquil, Ecuador Opened in 2000
Trivia
- Could not afford expensive artist materials, so used raw earthen materials like clay and natural pigments to paint on walls and doors.
- As a teenager, self-taught drawing and composition by copying bullfight posters in Quito.
- Discovered by former Ecuadorian President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, who granted him a scholarship to study in Paris.