Avelino Nogales

(b Potos?, c. 1870; d Cochabamba, 1949). Bolivian painter, sculptor and teacher. He studied fine arts in Buenos Aires (where he was awarded two gold medals by the Academia de Bellas Artes) and later in France. On his return Nogales taught painting in Potos? and between 1905 and 1920 directed a painting workshop in Cochabamba. He painted portraits of the personages of his time, including President Bautista Saavedra, and the mining industrialist Sim?n I. Pati?o and his Wife (U. Oruro, Mus. Casa Cult.). He was also a landscape painter and creator of the Cochabamban landscape school. His style was marked by firm brushstrokes and a controlled palette, rich in textures, always maintaining a realistic character. He used colour freshly and generously and introduced the first signs of Impressionism. His major landscapes are in the Nogales family collection. He also painted historic scenes and Bolivian allegories, such as Murillo's Dream (1909; La Paz, Mus. Casa Murillo), and sculpted a large equestrian statue of Bol?var (1912; Cochabamba, Casa Cult.). Nogales's pupils included Cecilio Guzm?n de Rojas.

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