Wichie Torres, Original Campesino Sketch 2004, Caribbean, Ponce, Puerto Rico Art - $400 - (Carolina, PR)
Signed original "campesino jíbaro" sketch drawing for a sculpture to be made from Puerto Rican painter Wichie Torres. Dated 2004. Good conditions with two small stains on the left and some bend marks on the right. Measures 18" x 24", unframed. Will ship rolled in a tube. Wichie Torres , born in the rich Afro-Caribbean stew of Ponce, the principal city of southern Puerto Rico, On March, 29, 1952. The Puerto Rican traditions and costumes caught Wichie Torres felling and interest ; they although made a big impression on him and as a young boy he began to capture them on drawings and paintings. He began his art studies with Professor Carola Colón Coavas in 1967 ;later he continued studying with Frank Cervoni at the School of Plastics Arts in the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture, in Puerto Rico. He attends the Catholic University of Puerto Rico through a scholarship. Mister Wichie Torres then moved to New York , where he studied under Rafael Sustachi. In 1973 he took a different road, this time to Mexico where he studied at the San Carlos Academy of Arts. But Puerto Rico continued to be his greatest inspiration and since he has returned to celebrate his home in paintings.
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