DOI issue:
No. 82 (December, 1903)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26230#0200
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InParishewonforßve
years running the ßrst
medals of the celebrated
Julien Academy, while at
Colarossi's, and at the com-
petitions of the School of
Fine Arts, he also twice
gained the highest award
given to foreigners. .
Jean Paul Laurens, Ben-
jamin-Constant and Fran-
cisco Pradilla have been
his chief advisers. His
real masters, without doubt,
are Velasquez and Nature.
He is a keen observer,
a ßne colourist, and his
drawing is straightforward
and certain.
goods, is due to mere
modesty; the fact is, that
Baca Flor's ambition is very
high. He carries self-critic-
ism to great lengths, and
desires, on appearing before
the public and the critics,
to be represented by work
that will do him justice
in accordance with the
Standard he has set himself.
Baca Flor, in his early
youth, was a pupil of the
School of Fine Arts of
Santiago (Chili). Although
born in Peru, he lived with
his parents in Santiago.
More than ten years ago he
gained a prize which en-
titled him to a grant front
the Chilian Government;
but a Peruvian diplomatist moved the patriotism
of the artist, and Baca Flor then went, at the
expense of his native Peru, to continue his studies
in Rome. At the School of Fine Arts he won the
first prize in all the competitions for which he
entered his works. One year a special rnedal
was engraved to reward his exceptional work in
artistic anatomy.
BYF. M. BEt.t.-SMtTH, R.C.A.
He has painted a few portraits, three of which
are illustrated here, but he devotes himself more
particularly to other work, in which is revealed a very
pure and powerful talent.
Baca Flor has for some years been working at a
great picture. It will represent a scene from
Peruvian history : Atahualpa at the moment of
offering to purchase his liberty from the Conqueror
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' HEEP-SEA FISHERS
yi^zz*^
InParishewonforßve
years running the ßrst
medals of the celebrated
Julien Academy, while at
Colarossi's, and at the com-
petitions of the School of
Fine Arts, he also twice
gained the highest award
given to foreigners. .
Jean Paul Laurens, Ben-
jamin-Constant and Fran-
cisco Pradilla have been
his chief advisers. His
real masters, without doubt,
are Velasquez and Nature.
He is a keen observer,
a ßne colourist, and his
drawing is straightforward
and certain.
goods, is due to mere
modesty; the fact is, that
Baca Flor's ambition is very
high. He carries self-critic-
ism to great lengths, and
desires, on appearing before
the public and the critics,
to be represented by work
that will do him justice
in accordance with the
Standard he has set himself.
Baca Flor, in his early
youth, was a pupil of the
School of Fine Arts of
Santiago (Chili). Although
born in Peru, he lived with
his parents in Santiago.
More than ten years ago he
gained a prize which en-
titled him to a grant front
the Chilian Government;
but a Peruvian diplomatist moved the patriotism
of the artist, and Baca Flor then went, at the
expense of his native Peru, to continue his studies
in Rome. At the School of Fine Arts he won the
first prize in all the competitions for which he
entered his works. One year a special rnedal
was engraved to reward his exceptional work in
artistic anatomy.
BYF. M. BEt.t.-SMtTH, R.C.A.
He has painted a few portraits, three of which
are illustrated here, but he devotes himself more
particularly to other work, in which is revealed a very
pure and powerful talent.
Baca Flor has for some years been working at a
great picture. It will represent a scene from
Peruvian history : Atahualpa at the moment of
offering to purchase his liberty from the Conqueror
U9