biografía de Fernando MONTES (1930-2007)

Personal data

Birth : 08/14/1930 - La Paz, Bolivia
Death : 01/17/2007 - London, United Kingdom
Sex : M

Representatives

Espacio de Arte Nota – Calle René Moreno 1335, Bloque B- San Miguel – La Paz, Bolivia
Artana Latin American Fine Art – Noordeinde 159 – The Hague, Netherlands

Education

1960-1961 : Central School of Art and St Martins School of Art – London, United Kingdom
1959-1960 : Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando – Madrid, Spain

Professional data

Work and Life

1950-1959 : La Paz, Bolivia
1954-1955 : Santiago de Chile, Chile
1960-2007 : London, United Kingdom

Affiliated to an association

2001-2007: Chelsea Arts Club – London, United Kingdom

Work

Categorie and medium


Painting : Oil
Drawing-Watercolor : Pastel

Artistic periods

1987-2007 : Figures of Indians in the Andean plateau; Andean Landscapes, pre Columbian ruins in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador
1968-1987 : Figures of Indians in the Andean plateau; Andean landscapes
1950-1968 : Portraits, landscapes, nudes, still life, cityscapes

Works

Gate to mountains
Date of creation : 2003
Medium : Canvas
Technical data : Egg Tempera on canvas
Size : 153 x 153 cm
 Gate to mountains
 
The Temple I
Date of creation : 2001
Medium : Painting
Technical data : Egg Tempera
Size : 41 x 58 cm
 The Temple I
 
Gate to the Sacred Rock
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Canvas
Technical data : Egg Tempera on canvas
Size : 152 x 122 cm
 Gate to the Sacred Rock
 
Family
Date of creation : 1986
Medium : Canvas
Technical data : Egg Tempera on canvas
Size : 112 x 112 cm
 Family
 
Old mother earth
Date of creation : 1981
Medium : Canvas
Technical data : Egg Tempera on Canvas
Size : 127 x 366 cm
 Old mother earth
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2006

FERNANDO MONTES
ARTANA Latin American Fine Art – The Hague, Netherlands
11/05/2006 – 11/30/2006

Spirit of the Andes – Fernando Montes
Mall Galleries – London, United Kingdom
04/11/2006 – 04/21/2006

2002

fernando montes, “Lumières des Andes”
GNG Galerie d’Art – Paris, France
10/08/2002 – 11/02/2002

2001

FERNANDO MONTES
The Bruton Street Gallery – London, United Kingdom
10/04/2001 – 10/20/2001

1999

Fernando Montes – RETROSPECTIVA
Museo Nacional de Arte – La Paz, Bolivia
11/12/1999 – 11/28/1999

FERNANDO MONTES
GNG Galerie d’Art – Paris, France
06/01/1999 – 06/30/1999

1966

Exhibition of paintings by Fernando Montes
Charles Barzansky Gallery – New York NY, United States
05/02/1966 – 05/14/1966

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Group exhibitions

1973

Peintres Boliviens Contemporains
Musée d’Art Moderne – Paris, France
02/14/1973 – 03/04/1973

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Periodicals

2007

FERNANDO MONTES, Painter of the Bolivian High Andes
in: The Independent
02/06/2007

2005

Fernando Montes, El espiritu de Bolivia y su dimension universal
in: Mapalé, Artes y Letras
n°2: Avril-Août 2005

1999

Fernando Montes representara a Bolivia en la Bienal de Arte de Venecia
in: EL DIARIO
Bolivia
06/10/1999

Websites

http://fernandomontes.co.uk

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