César Rengifo: Expression of art at the service of social justice (+Christmas)
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Published at: 14/05/2024 08:31 AM
The great painter
and playwright Cesar Rengifo was born on May 14, 1915 in Caracas, who used painting and theater
to reflect his search for social justice.
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts between
1930 and 1935. In 1936 he won a scholarship to specialize in plastic
arts pedagogy in Santiago de Chile; then he traveled to Mexico
to enroll in the Academia de
San Carlos, where he studied the techniques of muralism from 1937 to 1938.
During his stay in the Mexican capital, Rengifo was significantly
influenced by the work of Diego Rivera,
achieving a style that departed from the prescriptions of the
Caracas School and gave relevance to the social message of painting.
He returned to the country and worked as a journalist and in 1952
founded the theater group Máscaras, at the same time
he carried out extensive pedagogical work and wrote about 40 plays.
Rengifo always carried with him that desire
to defend humanity and thirst for social justice. In 1931 he joined
the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) created in March
of that same year, during his active membership he was arrested several times, but that never gave way to
his thinking.
On November 2, 1980, he died in Caracas,
leaving a historical legacy that is currently admired by the Venezuelan people
.
Mazo News Team