Pedro León Zapata
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Pedro León Zapata | |
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Táchira, Venezuela | |
Died | 6 February 2015 Distrito Capital, Caracas, Venezuela | (aged 85)
Nationality | Venezuelan |
Area(s) | Artist, cartoonist |
Awards | "Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas" (1980), "Premio Nacional de Periodismo" (1967) |
Pedro León Zapata (27 February 1929 – 6 February 2015) was a prominent Venezuelan artist, humorist and cartoonist.
Biography
In 1945 he entered the "Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Caracas" but in 1947 he abandoned the school to join the foundation of the "Taller La Barraca de Maripérez" where he exhibited his first works. In the same year, he traveled to
After eleven years he returned to
His paintings have been exhibited in many solo expositions, among them "Todo el museo para Zapata" at the Sofía Ímber Museum of Contemporary Art in 1975. He won the "Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas" in 1980 and the "Premio Nacional de Periodismo" in 1967.
In 1992 he was in charge of designing the image of the Latin American Film Festivals at
One of Zapata's daily cartoons in the newspaper
In February 2005, he received an honorary
Works
- "Zapata contra Pinochet" (Caracas: Ediciones Barricada 1980)
- "Caracas: Monte y Culebra" (Caracas : Pomaire 1987) ISBN 980-290-021-4
- (with ISBN 980-290-046-X
- "Dressed and undressed : painted drawings by Pedro León Zapata" (Washington, D.C. : Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States 1997) ISBN 980-272-189-1
- "¡Zapata...Firme!: un país en blanco y negro" (Caracas: Ediciones EG 2001) ISBN 980-6386-24-8
See also
References
- ^ Profile Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine, servicios.universia.edu.ve; accessed 7 February 2015.
External links
- Interview with Zapata "My only aspiration is to be a loser" (2001). (in Spanish)
- "Cartoon and Crisis" Interview with Zapata from the Newshour with Jim Lehrer (also video) on the controversy with Hugo Chávez (2002)
- Interview with Zapata "This revolution does not make me laugh", from the Newspaper "Tal Cual" (2003).(in Spanish)
- Celebration of the 40th anniversary of the column "Zapatazos" in the newspaper El Nacional.(in Spanish)
- Interview with Zapata "Drawing is my language", from the newspaper "El Carabobeño" (2005)(in Spanish)
- Dedicated to his life and work (in Spanish)
- Caricatures and Essays on Zapata (in Spanish)