Juan Fernando Vieytes Pérez

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
Portrait of Vieytes by Guillermo Laborde.
Born
Juan Fernando Vieytes Pérez

January 5, 1916.
DiedApril 7, 1962
NationalityUruguayan
SpouseNelly Weissel

Art career

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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

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First place

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  • 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

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  • 1946 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas
  • 1947 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas[8]

Personal life

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He was married to the famous Uruguayan actress Nelly Weissel, who he had a daughter with.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Legislativo (Uruguay), Biblioteca del Poder (1975). Plásticos uruguayos (in Spanish). La Biblioteca. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  2. ^ Atlántida: ilustración mensual argentina (in Spanish). 1940. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Diccionario de artistas plásticos en el Uruguay (in Spanish). Librería Linardi y Risso. 1992. ISBN 9789974559028. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  5. ^ Revista nacional (in Spanish). 1946. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  6. ^ Boletín de artes visuales (in Spanish). Union Panamerica. 1962. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Escritura (in Spanish). 1947. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  9. ^ "Untitled - Bibna" (PDF). National Library of Uruguay.