Eduardo Kingman Riofrío (February 23, 1913 – November 27, 1997) was an

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artist. He is considered one of Ecuador's greatest artists of the 20th century, among the art circles of other master artists such as Oswaldo Guayasamín and

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Background

Kingman was born in Loja, Ecuador on February 23, 1913.Eduardo Kingman (1913-1994).
''AskArt.'' (retrieved 12 April 2009) His father, Edward Kingman, had moved to Ecuador from Newton, Connecticut. Kingman was the elder brother of journalist Nicolás Kingman Riofrío. Kingman first studied under Victor Mideros at the Escuela de Bellas Artes, in

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. Further studies took him to

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and finally to

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, California (1945–1946).

Art career

People from the United States first became acquainted with Kingman's art in 1939, when he assisted

with the paintings and decorations for the Ecuadorian Pavilion at the New York World's Fair. For a period of twenty years, Eduardo Kingman held the post of principal professor at Quito's Escuela de Bellas Artes (School of Fine Arts) as well as Director of the Museo de Arte Colonial de Quito. In 1940, Kingman founded the Caspicara Gallery in Quito. At this time and later his original prints and paintings were exhibited internationally in such cities as

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, Washington, D.C.,

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and

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. Near the end of his career, Kingman was honored with a one-man exhibition of his art at the

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. The unifying theme of Kingman's

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and a ...

s, lithographies and

woodcut Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts. Areas tha ...

s in expressing the social realities of Ecuador's indigenous peoples. He was known as "the painter of hands."Colombia Police Recover Stolen Ecuador Kingman Paintings.
''Latin American Herald Tribune.'' (retrieved 12 April 2009) Kingman was also active as a writer and social activist. He died in

in 1998. Two of his paintings were stolen from the Posada de las Artes Kingman Museum in 2003 but were safely recovered.

Published works

*Albornoz, Miguel and Eduardo Kingman. ''Orellana: El Caballero de las Amazonas.'' Editorial Herrero (1965). ASIN B001FCLO4I. *Icaza, Jorge, author. Kingman, Eduardo, illustrator. ''Huairapamushcas.'' Quito : Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 1948.

References

External links

Posada de las Artes.-Kingman
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kingman, Eduardo 1913 births 1998 deaths Ecuadorian painters Modern painters San Francisco Art Institute alumni People from Loja, Ecuador Ecuadorian people of American descent Ecuadorian expatriates in Venezuela Ecuadorian expatriates in Peru Ecuadorian expatriates in the United States Ecuadorian expatriates in Bolivia

Background

Art career

Published works

See also

References

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