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(b. Quito, Ecuador, 1913; d. Quito, Ecuador, 1990). Moscoso attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Quito. After winning the Mariano Aguilera Prize in 1940, he went to study sculpture in The New School for Social Research, New York in 1941. His early works were social realist in style, but his work gradually evolved into cubist-inspired landscapes. Mainly recognized as a sculptor and muralists, he was also an accomplished in painting, drawing and etching. Themes for his work seem to be inspired by socially conscious themes the land and sky in Ecuador, the largely poor, indigenous populations- the Andes and the tropical coastal area, as well as the Inca heritage. He uses the natural properties and colors of stone and metal to create sculptural collages and play on light and texture.
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