Armando Morales

Not to be confused with Armando Morales Barillas.

Armando Morales (January 15, 1927 – November 16, 2011) was an internationally renowned Nicaraguan painter. Morales is considered one of the most important painters of Nicaragua.^[1][2][3][4]

Armando Morales
Born	(1927-01-15)January 15, 1927 Granada, Nicaragua
Died	November 16, 2011(2011-11-16) (aged 84) Miami, Florida
Occupation	Painter

Morales, who was born in Granada, Nicaragua, received many awards for his works.^[1][5] He received his first award at the Central American Painting Contest "15 de Septiembre" (September 15) which was held in Guatemala in 1956. He received the award for a painting which he named "Spook-Tree". That same painting was later bought by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The next year some of his paintings were featured at an exhibition called "Six Nicaraguan Artists" in Washington, he received excellent reviews and sold all his featured paintings.^[6]

Morales' work was exhibited at seven major shows from 1984 to 2000 at the Galerie Claude Bernard, a prominent gallery in Paris. The Gallery has published several catalogs and posters of his work.^[7] He died in Miami, Florida, USA.

References

1. Bethell, Leslie (1995). The Cambridge history of Latin America. Cambridge University Press. p. 415. ISBN 978-0-521-49594-3. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
2. Villasmil, Alejandra. "Armando Morales cotizado en Nueva York". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
3. "Fallece Morales, uno de los más grandes pintores del mundo · El Nuevo Diario". Elnuevodiario.com.ni. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
4. Navarro, Alvaro (2011-11-18). "Morales el artista: un nicaragüense universal" (in Spanish). Confidencial. Archived from the original on 2011-11-24. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
5. "Armando Morales, Nicaraguan (1927 - )". RoGallery. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
6. "Armando Morales [Nicaraguan Painter, b.1927]". Remedios Varo Art. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
7. "Armando MORALES" (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-07.^{[permanent dead link]}