Gerardo Cantu
Gerardo Cantú (born May 12, 1934 in Nueva Rosita , Coahuila ) is a Mexican painter.
biography
Cantú studied first from 1950 in the workshop for fine arts of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) and then from 1955 to 1958 at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" (ENPEG) in Mexico City . In 1958 he went to Prague on a scholarship and later to Paris . In 1962 he returned to Mexico, initially teaching at the UANL, then went to Mexico City and worked there for the Museo Nacional de Antropología and the Museo de la Ciudad de México (MCM). From 1979 to 1980 he taught as a professor for drawing and painting at ENPEG. At the end of 1985 he went to Monterrey , where one year later he became director of fine arts at the Instituto de Cultura de Nuevo León (ICNL) and, in 1987, director of the local workshop for plastic experimentation.
Cantú showed his pictures in several solo exhibitions, including the Palacio de Bellas Artes and the Museo Metropolitano de Monterrey.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ La gran riqueza cromática ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), Inmobiliare , November 13, 2007.
- ↑ Biographical data taken from the artist website.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cantu, Gerardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nueva Rosita , Coahuila |