Oswaldo Vitery by Luiggy and Holguer

He was born in Ambato in 1931; their parents were Cesar Enrique Viteri and Maria Elena Paredes Borja
When he was 13 years old his family decided to move to Quito. He has been painting since childhood. His house in Quito was surrounded by pre-Columbian art, colonial, republican, contemporary art and popular art.
Viteri began his education as a student of architecture in the Central University of Quito in 1951. He studied since 1954 with the Dutch painter Jan Schreuder and worked at the studio of the North American painter, Lloyd Wulf, until 1960
He worked in the workshop of Oswaldo Guayasamin and in 1959 Viteri assisted him on a mural commission for the Ministry of Public Works, also made a mural for the Ambassador of Venezuela in Ecuador.
In 1961 He founded the Ecuadorian Institute of Folklore which he directed for several years.
In 1969 he made many drawings burdened with an emotional dramatic expression.

Viteri continues to work on his collages, but portraits and figurative drawings are still significant facets.

Viteri asserts his permanent interest in the contemporary world, his own environment, the need for the strengthening our Andean identity.

Anibal Villacis by Monic and Pao

He was born in 1927, he is from Ambato. He used raw earthen materials such us clay and natural pigments to paint on walls and doors of his city.
At sixteen years old he was teaching drawing in different schools and his name as a painter became famous, so the mayor of his city requested Villacís to do an exposition of his work in the flowers and fruits parties.
In 1952, José Maria Velasco Ibarra president of Ecuador saw the painting of Anibal; he was impressed and offered him a schoolship to study in Paris.
After living in Paris for almost one year, Villacís never got accustomed to the language, so he wrote to the Ecuadorian Minister of Education requesting to transfer his studies to Madrid.
Villacís felt more comfortable in Spain and he lived there for six years. While living in Madrid, Villacís was introduced to the Informalist Movement, specifically: Antony Tapies, Antonio Saura and Modest Cuixart, who quickly began to influence his work.
Anibal Villacís was a co-founder of VAN, the group of Informalist painters that was founded by Enrique Tábara, other members of VAN are: Estuardo Maldonado, Hugo Cifuentes, Luis Molinari and Gilberto Almeida.
Villacís is mostly well known for his series called, Filigranas, which he started in the early sixties. The Filigranas series were typically mixed technique on wood or canvas with the addition of any combination of the following materials: marble dust, sand, metal, plaster, paint and gold.
Villacís in his paint, gives many scrape of different colours, giving the impression of an ancient sacred relic that has aged with time.

Endara Crow by Paul and Verito

Gonzalo Endara Crow was born in Bucay in 1936 and he died in 1996.
From an early age he was very interested in art and as young man he studied painting at the Central University in Quito.
Endara crow’s work took on a distinct style early in his career that stayed with him throughout his life.
Ecuadorian geography and the bright colors used by indigenous artisans in their work were two influences that penetrated Endara Crow’s work for his all career.
Various art historians and critics have referred to his work as magical realism, a term used when speaking of Twenty Century Latin American Literature.
Just as in magical texts, paintings by Endara Crow seek to expand the categories of what is real so as to encompass myth Magic and other extraordinary phenomenal in nature.

Oral and Written Assessment

Dear Students,
Keep in mind that the oral and written assessment will be given by other teacher from the language department so you will have to demostrate you are responsible studying the materials issued for these tests.
I am sure you are going to succeed.
Thanks a lot for your warm comments about the course. It was really moving to read your words.
Best Regards,
Carlos

7-8 FINAL PROJECT

Dear Students,
We have arrived to the end of level 7-8 English as a Foreign Language. In this blog you have to add 2 files:
1. A file contaning an EVALUATION of the course. Your personal opinions of the program, the class management, the teacher's attitude, the activities, the textbook and other material used.
2. A file with the document you created about ecuadorian artists
I hope you learned a lot and had fun.
My best wishes for your careers,
Carlos