What is Fernando de Szyszlo?
{{Infobox artist | bgcolour = | name = Fernando de Szyszlo | image = Fernando de Szyszlo 2009.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Fernando de Szyszlo in 2009 | birth_name = Fernando de Szyszlo Valdelomar | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1925|07|05}} | birth_place = [[Lima]], [[Peru]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2017|10|09|1925|7|5}} | death_place = [[Lima]], [[Peru]] | nationality = [[Peru]]vian | field = [[Painting]], [[sculpture]], [[printmaking]] | training = [[National University of Engineering]]<br>[[Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú|Pontifical Catholic University of Peru]] | movement = [[Abstract art]], [[Surrealism]], [[Informalism]] | works = | patrons = | awards = [[Order of the Sun of Peru]], 2011 }} '''Fernando de Szyszlo Valdelomar''' (5 July 1925 – 9 October 2017) was a [[Peru]]vian [[painting|painter]], [[sculpture|sculptor]], [[printmaking|printmaker]], and [[teaching|teacher]]. He was a key figure in advancing [[abstraction|abstract art]] in [[Latin America]] since the mid-1950s, and one of the leading [[Plastic arts|plastic artists]] in Peru. Szyszlo became a major force for artistic renewal in his country breaking new ground by expressing a Peruvian subject matter in a non-representational style. In 1962, he became a professor of art at [[Cornell University]]. In 1965 he became a visiting lecturer at [[Yale University]]. Szyszlo was awarded the [[Order of the Sun of Peru]] in 2011. Szyszlo died of complications from a fall at his home in [[Lima]], Peru on 9 October 2017 at the age of 92.<ref>[http://elcomercio.pe/lima/sucesos/fallecio-destacado-artista-plastico-fernando-szyszlo-92-anos-noticia-464419 Fernando de Szyszlo: falleció el destacado artista plástico a los 92 años] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.artnet.com/artists/fernando-de-szyszlo/ Fernando de Szyszlo on Artnet] *[http://mlagallery.com/collections/fernando-de-szyszlo Fernando