Nelson Romero
Nelson Romero (born October 16, 1951 in San José , Uruguay, † November 21, 2012 in San José de Mayo ) was a Uruguayan painter and graphic artist .
His first solo exhibition took place in 1972 in the Galería del Arte in the Montevidean Palacio Salvo . In 1973 he received an invitation to take part in the drawing competition for the Joan Miró Prize in Barcelona. In the same year he also took part in the Second Graphic and Drawing Biennale in Cali , Colombia . This was followed by numerous other exhibitions at home and abroad, such as 1974 in Buenos Aires at 6 Artistas Uruguayos or 1976 in Barcelona in the Galería U . His works were part of an exhibition thematically linked to Uruguayan art, which began in 1982 at the Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales (MNAV) in Montevideo, and was subsequently presented in the German cities of Munich , Bonn , Stuttgart and Berlin . The Seventh International Biennial of Humor and Satire in the Arts in Bulgarian Grabovo lived Romero 1985 successful in, because there it was an honor to mention some. In the same year he exhibited in Madrid , then in 1986 in Havana at the local biennial. In 1999 and 2001 the painter, whose works deal with biblical and Jewish motifs, participated in exhibitions in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem .
Romero's works can be found in museums such as the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Montevideo, the Museo de Arte Americano in Maldonado or the Museo José Luis Cuevas in Mexico. They are also part of private domestic and foreign collections in the USA, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Canada, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Israel.
literature
- Nuevo Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya by Miguel Ángel Campodónico , Librería Linardi y Risso, 2003, p. 297
Web links
- Alfredo Torres: Nelson Romero: Un barroco contemporáneo. Obras Gallery. In: Revista Transformación, Estado y Democracia , No. 51, Volume 7, 2012, Issue 3 (PDF; 2.55 MB; Spanish, accessed on August 28, 2014)
- Overview of his exhibitions and awards , accessed on March 7, 2012
Individual evidence
- ^ Eduardo Sellanes Iglesias: Biografía abreviada. In: Alfredo Torres: Nelson Romero: Un barroco contemporáneo. Obras Gallery. 2012, p. 50 (accessed August 28, 2014, Spanish).
- ^ Obituary: Fallció el artista Nelson Romero, un maragato de gran proyección. In: El País of November 26, 2012 (accessed August 28, 2014, Spanish).
- ↑ NOTAS DE PRENSA - Nelson Romero (Spanish), accessed March 7, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Romero, Nelson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan painter and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Jose , Uruguay |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 2012 |
| Place of death | San Jose de Mayo |