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Ruben Leyva BIOGRAPHY
Born 1953. Known for: Abstract painting, childlike images.
Since childhood, Rubén Leyva was in contact with art by his uncle the painter José Zúñiga and his father. In 1972 he attended the School of Fine Arts of the Benito Juarez Autonomous University of... Read full biography
Since childhood, Rubén Leyva was in contact with art by his uncle the painter José Zúñiga and his father. In 1972 he attended the School of Fine Arts of the Benito Juarez Autonomous University of Oaxaca, studying painting and screen printing. Leyva painted everyday subjects, but gradually was... Read full biography
Since childhood, Rubén Leyva was in contact with art by his uncle the painter José Zúñiga and his father. In 1972 he attended the School of Fine Arts of the Benito Juarez Autonomous University of Oaxaca, studying painting and screen printing. Leyva painted everyday subjects, but gradually was deciding to leave the everyday and started applying more and what he caught his attention, and that was how he discovered his own style, which was a free and spontaneous painting, full of expressiveness.... Read full biography
Since childhood, Rubén Leyva was in contact with art by his uncle the painter José Zúñiga and his father. In 1972 he attended the School of Fine Arts of the Benito Juarez Autonomous University of Oaxaca, studying painting and screen printing. Leyva painted everyday subjects, but gradually was deciding to leave the everyday and started applying more and what he caught his attention, and that was how he discovered his own style, which was a free and spontaneous painting, full of expressiveness. In 1985 he received the First Prize for Plastic Arts at the House of Culture of Oaxaca. Among its exhibits include "fragments of my dreams' held in Mexico in 1992, '50th Anniversary of the United Nations' presented in New York in 1995 and' Solar Earth... Read full biography
Since childhood, Rubén Leyva was in contact with art by his uncle the painter José Zúñiga and his father. In 1972 he attended the School of Fine Arts of the Benito Juarez Autonomous University of Oaxaca, studying painting and screen printing. Leyva painted everyday subjects, but gradually was deciding to leave the everyday and started applying more and what he caught his attention, and that was how he discovered his own style, which was a free and spontaneous painting, full of expressiveness. In 1985 he received the First Prize for Plastic Arts at the House of Culture of Oaxaca. Among its exhibits include "fragments of my dreams' held in Mexico in 1992, '50th Anniversary of the United Nations' presented in New York in 1995 and' Solar Earth ' ' The color selection is a simple act, without affectation or intellectualism, is an act of total freedom [. ] I like spot color '... Read full biography
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Since childhood, Rubén Leyva was in contact with art by his uncle the painter José Zúñiga and his father. In 1972 he attended the School of Fine Arts of the Benito Juarez Autonomous University of Oaxaca, studying painting and screen printing.
Leyva painted everyday subjects, but gradually was deciding to leave the everyday and started applying more and what he caught his attention, and that was how he discovered his own style, which was a free and spontaneous painting, full of expressiveness.
In 1985 he received the First Prize for Plastic Arts at the House of Culture of Oaxaca. Among its exhibits include "fragments of my dreams' held in Mexico in 1992, '50th Anniversary of the United Nations' presented in New York in 1995 a...But wait, there's more...
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