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Anibal Villacis
Anibal Villacis is a master painter from Ecuador who used raw earthen materials such as clay and natural pigments to paint on walls and doors throughout his city when he could not afford expensive artist materials. As a teenager, Villacis taught himself drawing and composition by studying and recreating the illustrated ad posters for bullfights in Quito. In 1952, Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, former President of Ecuador, discovered Villacis and offered him a scholarship to study in Paris.
After living in Paris for almost a year, Villacis never grew accustomed to the language, so he wrote to the Ecuadorian Minister ...Continue reading the complete Anibal Villacis's wikipedia entry
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