(b. Peru, 1934).
Along with Tilsa Tsuchiya (1932-1984), Gerardo Chávez (b. 1937), and Carlos Revilla (b. 1940), Alberto Quintanilla was part of a group of Peruvian painters who recreated Surrealism in their work during the 1970s, helping to usher in a return to figuration in Peruvian painting that suggested connections to the old European masters. Sources:
Edward J. Sullivan, ed. Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century. London: Phaidon Press, 1996. pgs. 198 - 199.
|
