(b. Bolivia, 1925).
In 1950 the Anteo (Antaeus) Group was formed in Sucre under the aegis of Guillermo Francovich (1901-1988), rector of the University of Chuquisaca. With help from Sucre's Academia de Bellas Artes, the group encouraged the visual arts. Solón Romero emerged at this time, along with Gil Imaná (b. 1933). In 1950 he painted a mural in the rector's office that depicted the uprising of May 25 1809, one of the first revolutionary actions against Spain. He went on to paint other murals in Sucre with nationalist messages. Mural painting was outlawed during the dictatorship beginning in 1964, so Solón Romero turned to tapestry weaving, using traditional techniques. In these works he expressed national allegories, sometimes in a stereotypical fashion. Sources:
Edward J. Sullivan, ed. Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century. London: Phaidon Press, 1996. pg. 239 – 242.
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