Juan Fernando Vieytes Pérez

Juan Fernando Vieytes Pérez
Juan Fernando Vieytes Pérez
	Portrait of Vieytes by Guillermo Laborde.
Born	Juan Fernando Vieytes Pérez; January 5, 1916.; Montevideo
Died	April 7, 1962; Montevideo
Nationality	Uruguayan
Spouse	Nelly Weissel

Juan Fernando Vieytes Pérez, born in Montevideo on January 5, 1916, was a famous Uruguayan painter and visual artist. He won multiple national prizes before his death on April 7, 1962.

Art career[edit]

Vieytes won his first Uruguayan National Art Prize for a painting he painted of his cousin, Margot Pérez.^[1]^[2] Throughout his career, he was an important figure on the Uruguayan art scene,^[3]^[4]^[5] and won a multitude of awards until his early death in 1962.^[6]

Awards[edit]

First place[edit]

1939 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas (Montevideo)^[7]
1940 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas
1940 - Exposion de Pintura Francesa y Curso de Confrencias (Montevideo)
1943 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas
1943 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas
1943 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas
1943 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas

Bronze medal[edit]

1946 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas
1947 - Salon Anual de Artes Plasticas^[8]

Personal life[edit]

He was married to the famous Uruguayan actress Nelly Weissel, who he had a daughter with.^[9]

References[edit]

^ Legislativo (Uruguay), Biblioteca del Poder (1975). Plásticos uruguayos (in Spanish). La Biblioteca. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
^ Atlántida: ilustración mensual argentina (in Spanish). 1940. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
^ E. Laroche, el pintor que pintó el aire: centenario de su nacimiento, 1879-marzo-1979 (in Spanish). Museo Ernesto Laroche. 1979. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
^ Diccionario de artistas plásticos en el Uruguay (in Spanish). Librería Linardi y Risso. 1992. ISBN 9789974559028. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
^ Revista nacional (in Spanish). 1946. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
^ Boletín de artes visuales (in Spanish). Union Panamerica. 1962. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
^ Norte, sur, este y oeste (in Spanish). Impreso por el Grupo "Paul Cezanne" en los talleres gráficos Urta y Curbelo. 1939. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
^ Escritura (in Spanish). 1947. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
^ "Untitled - Bibna" (PDF). National Library of Uruguay.

[1] Legislativo (Uruguay), Biblioteca del Poder (1975). Plásticos uruguayos (in Spanish). La Biblioteca. Retrieved 2020-04-16.

[2] Atlántida: ilustración mensual argentina (in Spanish). 1940. Retrieved 2020-04-16.

[3] E. Laroche, el pintor que pintó el aire: centenario de su nacimiento, 1879-marzo-1979 (in Spanish). Museo Ernesto Laroche. 1979. Retrieved 2020-04-16.

[4] Diccionario de artistas plásticos en el Uruguay (in Spanish). Librería Linardi y Risso. 1992. ISBN 9789974559028. Retrieved 2020-04-16.

[5] Revista nacional (in Spanish). 1946. Retrieved 2020-04-16.

[6] Boletín de artes visuales (in Spanish). Union Panamerica. 1962. Retrieved 2020-04-16.

[7] Norte, sur, este y oeste (in Spanish). Impreso por el Grupo "Paul Cezanne" en los talleres gráficos Urta y Curbelo. 1939. Retrieved 2020-04-16.

[8] Escritura (in Spanish). 1947. Retrieved 2020-04-16.

[9] "Untitled - Bibna" (PDF). National Library of Uruguay.

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