(b Caracas, 5 April 1897; d Caracas, 19 March 1966). Venezuelan painter. He began studying in 1917 at the Academia de Bellas Artes, Caracas, where from 1922 he taught painting and composition. In 1926 Castillo held his first one-man show at the Club Central, Caracas, after which he made a brief journey to Paris. During the following years he studied the work of Paul C?zanne, which permanently influenced his own work. In 1940 he was awarded the Venezuelan national painting prize. Also influenced by such Venezuelan painters as Federico Brandt, Manuel Cabr?, Armando Rever?n and, in particular, Emilio Boggio, his output boldly crossed all genres of painting, including realistic portraiture, but his greatest achievement was with still-lifes, the compositional strength of which enabled him to express freely his passion for colour (e.g. Still-life, 1930; Caracas, Gal. A. N.).
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