Guayasamin, Ecuador, museum, art, artist, South America

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Oswaldo Guayasamín (July 6, 1919 – March 10, 1999) was an Ecuadorian master painter and sculptor of Quechua and Mestizo heritage. Guayasamín was born in Quito,Ecuador, to a native father and a Mestiza mother, both of Kichwa descent. His family was poor and his father worked as a carpenter for most of his life. Oswaldo Guayasamín later worked as a taxi and truck driver. He was the first child of ten children in his family. When he was young, he enjoyed drawing caricatures of his teachers and the children that he played with. He showed an early love for art. He created a Pan-American art of human and social inequalities which achieved international recognition.

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Size: 4134px × 6201px
Location: Quito, Ecuador, South America
Photo credit: © Erberto Zani / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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