Jorge Piqueras

Jorge Piqueras (18 July 1925 – 2 October 2020) was a visual artist born in Peru and with Peruvian and Spanish nationality. Jorge Piqueras is recognized as one of the most important Peruvian artists of the twentieth century. Among contemporary Latin American artists, he stands out as a pioneer in geometric painting, as well as for his distinctive sculptural production. Piqueras’ work covers a wide range of materials and media, including sculpture, painting, collage, photography and assemblage.

Throughout his career, Piqueras maintained the freedom to explore and experiment with varied art forms and styles, creating a body of work in which the unexpected is emblematic. He was a close friend of Jorge Oteiza and Marcel Duchamp, whom he considered his mentors as well as models.

Piqueras lived and worked extensively in Europe, in particular Italy and France. Since 2007, he showed regularly in Lima, Peru. In May 2011, the Museum of Art of Lima organized a period retrospective of his geometric work from the 1950s. Provided by Wikipedia