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JUAN VILLAFUERTE (b.1945, Guayaquil, Ecuador;
d.1977 Spain) a very skilled Ecuadorian artist
known for his transmutated drawings.  During his
study in Barcelona, in 1973, he was interested in
creating "transmutations" from famous fabrics of
Rembrandt, Durero, Goya, and thus taking their
capacity for drawing to very high technical
levels. His skills in drawing were learned through
Hans Michaelsen, a Germany|German artist teaching
in Guayaquil.  The definitive irruption of the
Neo-figurativism happened at the beginning of the
1970's, where Jose Carreño and Juan Villafuerte
represented Guayaquil. Their work shows a great
dedication through the drawing and the picture. 
In Ecuador, Villafuerte produced many very
important pictures and several series of
personages. One of his many important works is
"You're Cured and Welded" (1972), which shows the
maturity of his drawing and the nerve of the
color.  The artists life was ended in an untimely
death in Spain in 1977.


Note: It builds ST, 1972 Source:Ecuadorian Art,
Salvat, T. IV. Hernán Rodriguez Castelo,
"Panorama of the Art", Ecuadorian Library of the
Family, no. 9, Ministry of Education and Culture
of Ecuador, Edit. National Publishing corporation,
House of the Ecuadorian, Publishing Culture the
Rabbit.