Carlos Cañas (September 3, 1924 – April 14, 2013)[1] was a Salvadoran painter[2] who studied art and theory at the School of Arts of El Salvador. In 1950, he received a scholarship to study art, history, aesthetics, and literature in Madrid at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.
Carlos Cañas | |
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 Carlos Cañas in 2012 | |
| Born | September 3, 1924 |
| Died | April 14, 2013 (aged 88) San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Spouse | Carmen Gutierrez Cañas |
| Children | 2 |
Cañas participated at the First Latin American Biennial, Spain (1951); in the Fourth Biennial of the Engraving, Japan (1964); in the Sutton Gallery, USA (1979), amongst other important exhibitions at the worldwide level.
In 2012, he received the national prize of culture Premio Nacional de Cultura of El Salvador.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Muere Carlos Cañas, maestro de la artes plásticas iberoamericanas". El día. Agencia EFE. April 15, 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-02-19.
- ^ "Carlos Canas Chronicles Horrors of War". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. AP. August 24, 1984. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
- ^ "Premio Nacional de Cultura 2012 es para Carlos Cañas". El Diario de Hoy. September 5, 2012.