Alejandro Otero was born in El Manteco, State of Bolívar
on March 7, 1921 and died in Caracas on August 13, 1990. He was a Venezuelan
painter of Geometric Abstraction, a sculptor, a writer and a cultural promoter.
Alejandro Otero studied art at the School of Plastic and Applied Arts in
Caracas from 1939 to 1945. He established his residence in Paris where he lived
from 1945 to 1949 and was a founding member of the group Los Disidentes. He returned to Venezuela and travelling back to
Paris in 1960.
Otero worked the basic forms, abandoning the realistic
shape of objects, to depict nothing else but its plastic esence. His style came
up again in 1946 with his Cacerolas
(Saucepans) in 1946, and in 1947 with his works Cafeteras (Coffee Makers), Calaveras
(Skulls), and Potes (Pots). In
1948, he painted eight pink coffee makers, candelabra, bottles and lamps.
Recognitions:
- First Award and Honorific Mention, Poster Competition, 2nd Exhibition of Venezuelan Book, Caracas, 1941.
- Special Merit Award for Students of the Plastic Arts School, 3rd Official Annual Hall of Venezuelan Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas, 1942.
- Andres Perez Mujica Award and Emilio Boggio Award, 3rd Arturo Michelena Hall, Ateneo of Valencia, Carabobo, 1945.
- National Painting Award, 19th Official Annual Hall of Venezuelan Art, Fine Arts Museum, Caracas, 1958.
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