Caesar Andrade Faini

Caesar Andrade Faini (b. 1913, Quito, Ecuador) is a master Ecuadorian painter and teacher who studied at the School of Fine Arts of Quito under the painter Victor Mideros. Andrade's initial work focused on Social Realism like his contemporaries Eduardo Kingman, Oswaldo Guayasamin, Camilo Egas and Bolivar Mena Franco, as well as many others. In 1937, Andrade created a series of dark images for his thesis called, "Social Misery". By 1943, Andrade entered into an Expressionist phase that was thought to be influenced by painter, Hans Michelson. In 1954, Andrade took over Michelson's chair at the Municipal School of Art. Some of Andrade's students included Theo Constanté, Luis Miranda, Félix Arauz, Juan Villafuerte, Judith Gutierrez and Jose Carreño.

Andrade is often considered the best interpreter of Ecuador's coastal landscape.

Awards & Prizes

* 1957 - First Prize Acquisition - Mariano Aguilera.
* 1959 - Third Prize - Hall October, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
* 1961 - Hall October - House of Culture, Quito, Ecuador.

References

* * Municipalidad de Guayaquil - www.guayaquil.gov.ec/data/salondejulio/antecedentes.htm