Theo Constanté

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Constante's, La Sombra de los Arboles, oil on canvas.

Constante's, Abstracto, oil on canvas.

Theo Constanté (born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1934) is a master Latin American painter who is a part of the Informalismo. His works are abstract in nature and consist of many different colors which meld together amongst loosely drawn geometric lines. Constanté studied and later taught at the School of Beautiful Arts in Guayaquil and in the Academy of San Fernando of Madrid. In 1963, Constanté's works were represented at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris for the Third Biennial of Paris together with Enrique Tábara and Humberto Moré. The work of Theo Constante can be found in galleries, museums and collections through out Guayaquil, Quito, Lima, Cali, Miami, New York, Paris, Madrid and Sao Paulo.

Constanté's, Small Village, oil on canvas, 1964.

[edit] Awards & Medals

1955 - Municipality of Guayaquil
1960 - Hall Julio
1961 - Hall Julio
1962 - Hall Julio
1962 - Hall October
1963 - Hall Julio
1963 - Third Biennial of Paris
1964 - Hall Julio
1967 - First Prize of the First Biennial of Quito
2006 - Eugenio Espejo National Award, for artistic contributions to Ecuadorian culture, presented by the President of Ecuador.

[edit] References

Hernán Rodriguez Castelo, "Panorama of the Art", Ecuadorian Library of the Family, no. 9, Ministry of Education and Culture of Ecuador, Edit. National Publishing corporation, House of the Ecuadorian, Publishing Culture the Rabbit
Ecuadorian Art, Salvat, Volume IV.
Municipalidad de Guayaquil - www.guayaquil.gov.ec/data/salondejulio/antecedentes.htm

Note: Work: "Series Forms", located in: House of the Guayaquil Culture.