Armando Morales

Armando Morales (b. January 15, 1927 in Granada, Nicaragua) is an internationally reknown Nicaraguan painter. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=ARMANDO MORALES (born 1927) | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.mexconnect.com/MEX/kyron/kymorales.html | work =Mexico Connect | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-15 | language = ] Morales is considered as one of the most important living painters in Nicaragua. [cite news | first=Alejandra | last=Villasmil | coauthors= | title=Armando Morales cotizado en Nueva York | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2005/11/16/variedades/5850 | work =El Nuevo Diario | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-15 | language = Spanish ]

Morales has received many awards for his works. He received his first award at the Central American Painting Contest "15 de Septiembre" (September 15th) which was held in Guatemala in 1956. He received the award for a painting which he named "Spook-Tree". That same painting was later bought by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The next year some of his paintings were featured at an exhibition called "Six Nicaraguan Artists" in Washington, he received excellent reviews and sold all his featured paintings.cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Armando Morales [Nicaraguan Painter, b.1927] | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.remediosvaro.biz/armando_morales.htm | work =Remedios Varo Art | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-15 | language = ]

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