Armando Morales

Nicaraguan artist

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Armando Morales was a Nicaraguan artist known for his bold geometric abstractions in the 1960s. Later, in the 1980s, he created classically inspired images reminiscent of Giorgio de Chirico's proto-Surrealist style. Although Morales lived in Europe, his art often referenced the political revolution in Nicaragua that brought the Sandinistas to power in 1979. His work, such as Farewell to Sandino, commemorates revolutionary precursors and features figures with de-emphasized faces, blurred by shading. His lush depictions of tropical forests can be compared to the magic realism found in Latin American literature.1

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Latin American art
Trends, c. 1970–present
Figuration also drove Nicaraguan-born Armando Morales, who achieved fame in the 1960s for his boldly painted geometric abstractions. In the 1980s he created classically inspired images that recalled the proto-Surrealist style of Giorgio de Chirico. Although Morales lived in Europe, his art made reference to the political revolution in…
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Figuration also drove Nicaraguan-born Armando Morales, who achieved fame in the 1960s for his boldly painted geometric abstractions. In the 1980s he created classically inspired images that recalled the proto-Surrealist style of Giorgio de Chirico. Although Morales lived in Europe, his art made reference to the political revolution in…
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