Álvaro Guevara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Álvaro Guevara

Chilean artist

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1894

Place of Birth: Valparaíso, Valparaíso Region, Chile

Date of Death: 11-Oct-1951

Profession: painter

Nationality: Chile

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Álvaro Guevara

  • Álvaro Guevara Reimers (Valparaíso, Chile, 13 July 1894 – Aix-en-Provence, France, 16 October 1951) 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 Bradford College of Art.
  • 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.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.

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