Fernando de Szyszlo

Fernando de Szyszlo
Fernando de Szyszlo in 2009
Born
Fernando de Szyszlo Valdelomar

(1925-07-05)5 July 1925
Died9 October 2017(2017-10-09) (aged 92)
EducationNational University of Engineering
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Known forPainting, sculpture, printmaking
MovementAbstract art, Surrealism, Informalism
AwardsOrder of the Sun of Peru, 2011

Fernando de Szyszlo Valdelomar (5 July 1925 – 9 October 2017) was a Peruvian painter, sculptor, printmaker, and teacher who was a key figure in advancing abstract art in Latin America since the mid-1950s, and one of the leading plastic artists in Peru.