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Paul del Rio
Paul del Rio (b. 1943) is a popular Venezuelan sculptor and painter. Paul del Rio combines modernism, cubism and surrealism to create enigmatic paintings that are usually a social commentary on the harshness of modern urban life for ordinary people, and their longing for a different life. Born in La Habana, Cuba, his family moved to Caracas, the capital of Venezuela his first year.
It was not as an artist however, but as a revolutionary that Paul del Rio first gained fame. On August 24th, 1963, at the age of 19 as a member of a Venezuelan extremist group the ...
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