Glauco Capozzoli
Glauco Capozzoli (born July 10, 1929 in Montevideo , Uruguay , † September 7, 2003 in Borja near Saragossa , Spain ) was a Uruguayan painter and engraver .
Live and act
Capozzoli studied from 1945 to 1947 at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (ENBA) with Ricardo Aguerre and Miguel Angel Pareja . Later he deepened his studies in the USA in the field of copperplate engraving . He also made numerous trips to the USA and Europe. Capozzoli, whose works can be found in numerous private collections in the USA, Israel and Europe as well as in international museums as well as in the Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales and the Museo Juan Manuel Blanes , has led since 1958 - other sources name an exhibition in 1959 in the Montevidean Subte Municipal as the first exhibition - numerous solo exhibitions. He also took part in various group exhibitions with his works. Together with Graciela Saralegui , he illustrated El cocodrilo by Felisberto Hernández in 1962 .
Capozzoli, who had lived in Spain since 1971, first in Barcelona and later in Borja, died there at the age of 74 in the nearby town of Saragossa.
Awards
Capozzoli was awarded the Casa del Teatro Prize for the best set of the season that he had created for Machiavelli's La mandrágora . Other awards that he received in the course of his artistic career include the First Prize and the Gold Medal at the XXVI. Salón Nacional , as well as second and third prizes at other salons. The Premio Adquisición was awarded to him at the Salón Municipal de Bellas Artes in Montevideo in 1957. In 1962 he got the first prize at the Salón Nacional de Bellas Artes . In 1969 he was also awarded the Premio Adquisición at the Latin American Engraving Exhibition ( Exposición del Grabado Latinoamericano ) .
Exhibitions (excerpt)
Group exhibitions
- 1961: Biennale des Jeunes , Paris
- 1967: VII. Bienal Internacional de Grabados , Ljubljana
- 1967: 100 Años de Pintura Uruguaya , Washington
- 1968: VIII. Bienal de Grabado , Tokyo
- 1970: Third International Copper Engraving Biennale ( Tercera Bienal Internacional de Grabado ), Cracow
- 1970: Second International Copper Engraving Biennale ( Segunda Bienal Internacional de Grabado ), Buenos Aires
Solo exhibitions
- 1963: Centro de Artes y Letras , Montevideo
- 1966: Galería II. Cannocchiale , Milan
- 1972: Amigos de la Música, Hospitalet , Barcelona
- 1973: Sala Gaudí , Barcelona
- 1976: Sala Gaudí , Barcelona
- 1976: Galería Lucas, Gandía , Valencia
- 1977: Galerie de Groelard Schilde , Antwerp
- 1978: Galería Kandinsky , Madrid
- 1979: Galería 4 Cantons, Olot , Girona
- 1980: Galería Rua , Santander
- 1982: Sala Gaudí , Barcelona
- 1987: Galería Bruzzone , Montevideo
- 1990: Sala Gaudí , Barcelona
- 1990: Casa de Cultura-Borja , Saragossa
- 1992: Monasterio de Veruela , Saragossa
- 1993: Dibujos y pinturas , Galerie am Operning, Vienna
- 1994: Sala Goya , Saragossa
literature
- Nuevo Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya by Miguel Ángel Campodónico , Librería Linardi y Risso, 2003, pp. 70f
Web links
- El lejano adiós de un uruguayo (Spanish) in El País on September 7, 2003, accessed on May 12, 2012
- CV with incorrect date of birth (Spanish), accessed May 12, 2012
- Raul Chavarri: Capozzoli on Gaudifond Arte website (Spanish), accessed April 14, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Capozzoli, Glauco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan painter and engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montevideo , Uruguay |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 2003 |
| Place of death | Borja near Saragossa , Spain |