Álvaro Guevara
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 Álvaro Guevara in 1920 by George Charles Beresford | |
| Born | Álvaro Guevara Reimers July 13, 1894 |
| Died | October 16, 1951 (aged 57) |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Education | Bradford Technical College, Bradford College of Art, Slade School of Fine Art |
| Spouse(s) | Meraud Guinness |
Álvaro Guevara Reimers (13 July 1894, in Valparaíso, Chile – 16 October 1951, in Aix-en-Provence, France) was a painter, based in London and loosely associated with the Bloomsbury set.
Guevara left Chile in 1909 and arrived in London on 1 January 1910. He attended Bradford Technical College, studying the cloth trade, but also spent two years secretly studying at the . After failing his technical college exams he went on to the Slade from 1913 to 1916 and had a one-man show at the Omega Workshops.[1]
He married Meraud Guinness (1904-1993), a painter and member of the Guinness family, and settled in France. He died in Aix-en-Provence on 16 October 1951.
References and sources[]
- References
- ^ Shone, Richard. (1999) The Art of Bloomsbury: Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 137-138. ISBN 0691049939
- Sources
- Tate Gallery
- Latin Among Lions - Alvaro Guevara by Diana Holman-Hunt (1974, Michael Joseph)
- Meraud Guinness Guevara, ma Mère by Alladine Guevara (2007, Rocher)
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