(b. 1931, Santiago, Chile).
After studying drawing and painting in New York, Rome (1952), and Paris (1952-1953), Ricardo Yrarrázabal returned to Chile in 1954. His abstract paintings of the 1950s and 1960s referenced colorful pre-Columbian textiles, and his work of the 1960s also incorporated a surrealist lyricism. In 1957 Yrarrázabal studied ceramics in France and painting in London. His work appeared in The Emergent Decade exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1966. In the 1970's his work became more figurative, and by the 1980's he incorporated photography in his paintings. Sources:
Edward J. Sullivan, ed. Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century. London: Phaidon Press, 1996. pg. 310.
Susan Theran, Leonard’s Price Index of Latin American Art at Auction, Newton: Auction Index Inc., 1999. pg. 113.
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