Juan Félix Sánchez

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Juan Félix Sánchez

Juan Félix Sánchez Sánchez (also Juan Félix Sánchez ; born May 16, 1900 in San Rafael de Mucuchíes , Mérida ; † April 18, 1997 there) was a Venezuelan artist and craftsman .

life and work

Sánchez was a self-taught artist . As a religious sculptor, painter, weaver and architect, he mainly used materials that he found in the forests of his Venezuelan homeland in order, according to his own words, to "be closer to God". He made numerous depictions of Mary and crucifixes from wood and clay . Among other things, he planned and built the chapel of San Rafael de Mucuchíes from thousands of stones in 1984 together with his partner Epifanía Gil . He was buried in this chapel too. Another chapel he built with Epifanía Gil is in El Tisure, the chapel in El Bohío was dedicated to Our Lady of Coromoto . His buildings earned him the nickname Architect of the Andes .

In the center of Mérida is the Casa de la Kultur Juan Félix Sánchez, which shows changing exhibitions of artists and artisans from the region on the upper floor.

The life and work of Sánchez has been portrayed in documentaries such as Tisure and Juan Felix Sanchez .

Awards and recognitions

  • Premio "Aquiles Nazoa", 1987.
  • Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas, 1989.

  • El Tisure chapel built with Epifanía Gil

  • Back of the chapel

  • wooden crucifix by Sánchez

literature

  • Yo, Juan Félix Sánchez , ed. Gobernación del Estado Mérida.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jean-Louis Pradel: World art trends , Volume 1. HN Abrams, 1983, ISBN 978-0-8109-1780-4 , p. 133
  2. ↑ Capilla del Filo de El Tisure ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2016 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. vereda.saber.ula.ve @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vereda.saber.ula.ve
  3. ↑ El Bohío ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2016 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. vereda.saber.ula.ve @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vereda.saber.ula.ve
  4. ↑ Mark Dinnern: Culture and customs of Venezuela . Greenwood Publishing, 2001 ISBN 978-0-313-30639-6 , p. 18
  5. ↑ Thomas Kohl tribe: Venezuela, Lonely Planet . 2008, ISBN 978-3-8297-1598-0 , p. 108
  6. ↑ Tisure , scheda del documentario. ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2016 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. vereda.saber.ula.ve @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vereda.saber.ula.ve
personal data
SURNAME Sánchez, Juan Félix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sánchez Sánchez, Juan Félix (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venezuelan artist and craftsman
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH San Rafael de Mucuchíes
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1997
Place of death San Rafael de Mucuchíes