(b. Peru, 1912; d. 1988).
Abstraction became the pre-eminent mode of art in Peru in 1958, and it was closely linked to European Informalism and North American Abstract Expressionism. As a way to distinguish Peruvian abstraction from its international counterparts, artists employed several types of references to Pre-Columbian art. Among these abstract artists was Alberto Dávila, who by 1960 began to title his paintings with words that evoked pre-Hispanic cultures. Sources:
Edward J. Sullivan, ed. Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century. London: Phaidon Press, 1996. pg. 197 – 198.
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