About the Artist
Jose Gamarra
Jose Gamarra (b. 1934 - ) is an artist from Uruguay. Gamarra is recognized for his historical and mythological paintings and illustrations. He studied painting and engraving at the School of Fine Arts in Montevideo. He traveled extensively throughout South America, Cuba and Europe. Gamarra received the Tercer Prize at the 1st Bienal of Cordoba in 1962 and represented Uruguay in the 1964 Venice Biennale. Diverging from his earlier abstract work, his later, more figurative work depicts jungle landscapes and settings for historical incidents and myth. He became involved with the study of animation and co-founded the Automat group in 1967. His early work was abstract, but after moving to France in 1987 he began to paint large meticulously rendered landscapes of the South American jungles that serve as a stage for historical, political, revolutionary stories of Latin American history and myth.
