Jenaro Pindú

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birthname = Jenaro Pindú
birthdate = 1946
location = Assumption Paraguay
deathdate = 1993
deathplace = Assumption Paraguay
nationality = Paraguayan
field = Architecture
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influenced by = Hermann Guggiari
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awards = Prize Honors, "Plastic Arts SMCC (1966)
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Jenaro Pindú (1946-1993) was a prominent cartoonist, sculptor and architect of Paraguay.

Childhood and Youth

Born in Asuncion, capital of the Republic of Paraguay, in 1946.

Designer, sculptor and architect,he was a student of sculpturewith Hermann Guggiari, for many the highest figure of the Paraguayan sculpture in the twentieth century.

Trajectory

His long career in the business of the Paraguayan plastic covers from 1966 until 1983. :

About the importance of his work Ticio Escobar writes the most important art critic in Paraguay, in 1983: "Today is already almost a truism to say that the 70's began with a predominance of drawing and bring the exhibition in the Gallery Pindú Miro as the parameter and the beginning of that heyday… "

For his part, the Brazilian artist by origin, but Paraguayan by heart for having made much of his work in Paraguay, Livio Abramo, great master of engraving, said: "... Pindú is one of the most capable artists of Paraguay-current, lyrical and dramatic at the same time-creating architectural structures laden with symbolism and transforming the human sense of latent, tight aggressiveness that comes from your subconscious in a world where his art, already solidly mature, provides us with an unexpected surprise and lyrical visions. "

Distinctions

He received, among other major awards, the following: "Honorable Mention" in the Visual Arts Competition ACFA (1966), "Second Prize" in Story Contest organized by the newspaper La Tribuna (1973); "Award for Guest Honor "at the Second Biennial Maldonado (Uruguay) (1977) and" Grand Prix "at the Third Biennial Maldonado (1979)

Works

It is, as it can not be otherwise prolific response to his creation, huge and consists mainly of drawings in ink and engravings. Most of these samples of his talent have no title and are in major museums Paraguay and the world and in private collections.

As an architect he was designer of homes and tall buildings that are in themselves, true works of art appeal to an unmistakable style and daring greatly.

Recent years

He died in Asuncion in 1993.

References

* [http://www.cabildoccr.gov.py/index.php?pagina=vernovedades&idnovedad=4 Cultural Center of the Republic El Cabildo]
* Biographical Dictionary "FORGERS OF PARAGUAY," First Edicción January 2000. Distributed editions of Quevedo. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* EVP - Wikipedia
* [http://www.evp.edu.py/index.php?title=Portada Enciclopedia Virtual Paraguaya - Portal]

External links

* [http://galeriaelcirculo.com/pindu.html the Circle Gallery]