Julio Ducuron
Julio Ducuron (born November 24, 1946 in Río Cuarto , Córdoba Province , Argentina ) is an Argentine Impressionist landscape painter . He is known for his depictions of Latin American life.
biography
In 1946 Ducuron was born in Cordoba, an Argentine province. He is of French descent; his parents, Julio Ducuron and Elsa Lebrone, are descendants of the French Basques of Madiran, a town in the High Pyrenees. Ducuron won his first professional art competition at the age of 13. In 1960 the jury of the Rio Cuarto art exhibition awarded Ducuron in the open-air art competition.
Ducuron's first art teacher, Prof. Angel Vieyra, witnessed this event. The winning drawing "The Hillrock" (in German: "Der Bergfels") was also seen by Don Libero Pierini , a well-known Italian artist , on the same day . Pierini was enthusiastic about the works of the young Ducuron, so he spoke to Don Marciano Longarini, the director of the art school, and wanted to convince him to accept the young artist before the minimum age. He was successful and Ducuron became the youngest student of the Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes in Rio Cuarto. In 1966 he had his first own exhibition in the El Círculo Art Gallery.
Ducuron studied economics and graduated in 1970. That same year, he was honored by the art degree program at Grace College in Winona Lake , Indiana . 1972–1992 he founded and directed the Fernando Fader art gallery in Rio Cuarto and from 1973 to 1976 he was director of the National Museum of Rio Cuarto. In addition, he created and hosted a television program called "The Museum Brought to Your Home" (in German: "The museum is brought to your home"). In 1974 his paintings were first exhibited in Italy.
He traveled to Italy to take part in individual art exhibitions in Milan , Legnano , Cremona , Bra , Bollate , Casale Monferrato and Monza . Each of his 62 paintings were sold in Italy within three months. That year he won an art award in Monza.
From 2000 to 2003 he was the director of the Superior Fine Arts County School in Río Cuarto.
Web links
- Website of Julio Ducuron (Spanish)
- Ducuron's gallery
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ducuron, Julio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Río Cuarto , Cordoba Province , Argentina |