Monsanto, Antonio Edmundo

Date born: 1890

Place Born: Caracas, Venezuela

Date died: 1948

Place died: Caracas, Venezuela

Painter, instructor, and historian of Venezuelan art. Monsanto studied at the Academia de Bellas Artes in Caracas under Emilio Mauri and Antonio Herrera Toro. He belonged to several artistic circles, developing friendships with Nicolas Ferninandov, Emilio Boggio, and Samys Mutzner. Monsanto co-founded the group Circulo de Bellas Artes with fellow painters Leoncio Martinez and Manuel Cabre. He ended his career as a painter in 1921, devoting himself to studying art history. In 1936, Monsnato was appointed Director of the Academia de Bellas Artes, where he spent the remainder of his career teaching. LMW

Home Country: Venezuela

Sources: The Dictionary of Art

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