Juan Fernando Vieytes Pérez, born in Montevideo on January 5, 1916, was a famous Uruguayan painter and visual artist. He won multiple national prizes before his death on April 7, 1962.
Juan Fernando Vieytes Pérez | |
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 Portrait of Vieytes by Guillermo Laborde. | |
| Born | Juan Fernando Vieytes Pérez January 5, 1916. |
| Died | April 7, 1962 |
| Nationality (legal) | Uruguayan |
| Spouse | Nelly Weissel |
Art career edit
Vieytes won his first Uruguayan National Art Prize for a painting he painted of his cousin, Margot Pérez.[1][2] Throughout his career, he was an important figure on the Uruguayan art scene,[3][4][5] and won a multitude of awards until his early death in 1962.[6]
Awards edit
First place edit
- 1939 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas (Montevideo)[7]
- 1940 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas
- 1940 - Exposion de Pintura Francesa y Curso de Confrencias (Montevideo)
- 1943 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas
- 1943 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas
- 1943 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas
- 1943 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas
Bronze medal edit
- 1946 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas
- 1947 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas[8]
Personal life edit
He was married to the famous Uruguayan actress Nelly Weissel, who he had a daughter with.[9]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Legislativo (Uruguay), Biblioteca del Poder (1975). Plásticos uruguayos (in Spanish). La Biblioteca. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ Atlántida: ilustración mensual argentina (in Spanish). 1940. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ E. Laroche, el pintor que pintó el aire: centenario de su nacimiento, 1879-marzo-1979 (in Spanish). Museo Ernesto Laroche. 1979. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ Diccionario de artistas plásticos en el Uruguay (in Spanish). Librería Linardi y Risso. 1992. ISBN 9789974559028. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ Revista nacional (in Spanish). 1946. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ Boletín de artes visuales (in Spanish). Union Panamerica. 1962. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ Norte, sur, este y oeste (in Spanish). Impreso por el Grupo "Paul Cezanne" en los talleres gráficos Urta y Curbelo. 1939. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ Escritura (in Spanish). 1947. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ "Untitled - Bibna" (PDF). National Library of Uruguay.