Theo Constanté

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Theo Constante

Theo Constanté Parra (May 11, 1934 in Guayaquil, Ecuador – April 27, 2014) was a master Latin American painter part of the Abstract Informalist Movement in Ecuador.[1] In 2005, Constanté won the country's most prestigious award for art, literature and culture, the Premio Eugenio Espejo National Award, presented by the President of Ecuador. Constanté's works are abstract in nature and consist of many colors which meld together amongst loosely drawn geometric lines. Constanté stated that his favorite colors were red, orange and blue and they are the colors that are typically more dominant in his work.

Constanté studied and later taught at the School of Fine Arts in

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Notable Exhibits, Awards & Medals

References

  1. ^ "El arte está de luto por la partida de Theo Constante". Expreso.ec. Archived from the original on 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  • Hernán Rodriguez Castelo, "Panorama of the Art", Ecuadorian Library of the Family, no. 9, Ministry of Education and Culture of Ecuador, Edit. National Publishing corporation, House of the Ecuadorian Culture.
  • Salvat, Arte Contemporáneo de Ecuador. Salvat Editores Ecuatoriana, S.A., Quito, Ecuador, 1977.
  • Arte Ecuatoriano, Salvat, Volume IV.
  • Municipalidad de Guayaquil