Paul Giudicelli

Born in 1920 at the Ingenio Porvenir in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic to Corsican immigrants. He spent a few years of his early childhood in Europe, but returned to the Dominican Republic in the 1930, living in Santo Domingo. Although he showed a talent and enthusiasm for art in his youth, it was not until 1948 that he began formal training at the National School of Fine Arts. He graduated from the school in 1951.

Soon after graduating he participated in the Sao Paulo Biennial and in the National Biennial of Santo Domingo in 1952. He held his first solo exhibition in 1953 at the National Gallery of Fine Arts, showing 70 works. He also participated in group exhibitions in Barcelona (1956) and Switzerland (1957), as well as other National Biennials in the Dominican Republic. His second solo exhibition was held in 1957, and his third in 1959. The artist also began painting murals in 1959, receiving commissions for various public buildings.

In 1959 was offered a grant to study mural painting in France, but was denied a passport from the Trujillo dictator government. In 1960 he also lost the positions he had recently obtained as both professor and Vice Director of the National School of Fine Arts, but was reinstated in 1961 after the death of Trujillo. He continued his successful painting career until he died, aged 43–44, in Santo Domingo.

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Nació en 1920 en el Ingenio Porvenir en San Pedro de Macorís, República Dominicana de inmigrantes corsos. Pasó algunos años de su infancia en Europa, pero regresó a la República Dominicana en el 1930, residiendo en Santo Domingo. Mostró un talento y entusiasmo por el arte en su juventud, no fue hasta 1948 cuando empezó el entrenamiento formal en la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes. Se graduó de la escuela en 1951.

Poco después de graduarse participó en la Bienal de Sao Paulo y en la Bienal Nacional de Santo Domingo en 1952. Realiza su primera exposición individual en 1953 en la Galería Nacional de Bellas Artes, que muestra 70 obras. También participó en exposiciones colectivas en Barcelona (1956) y Suiza (1957), así como otras Bienales Nacionales en la República Dominicana. Su segunda exposición individual tuvo lugar en 1957, y su tercera en 1959. El artista también comenzó a pintar murales en 1959, recibiendo encargos de varios edificios públicos.

En 1959 se le ofreció una beca para estudiar pintura mural en Francia, pero se le negó un pasaporte por parte del gobierno del dictador Trujillo. En 1960 también perdió las posiciones que había obtenido recientemente como profesor y Vice Director de la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, pero lo restablecieron en 1961 después de la muerte de Trujillo. Continuó su carrera como pintor hasta que murió, de 43-44 años de edad, en Santo Domingo.

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