Full Name: Monsanto, Antonio Edmundo
Gender: male
Date Born: 1890
Date Died: 1948
Place Born: Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
Place Died: Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
Home Country/ies: Venezuela
Subject Area(s): painting (visual works) and Venezuelan
Overview
Painter, instructor, and historian of Venezuelan art. Monsanto studied at the Academia de Bellas Artes in Caracas under Emilio Mauri and Antonio Herrera Toro. He belonged to several artistic circles, developing friendships with Nicolas Ferdinandov, Emilio Boggio, and Samys Mutzner. Monsanto co-founded the group Circulo de Bellas Artes with fellow painters Leoncio Martinez and Manuel Cabre. He ended his career as a painter in 1921, devoting himself to studying art history. In 1936, Monsanto was appointed Director of the Academia de Bellas Artes, where he spent the remainder of his career teaching.
Sources
The Dictionary of Art
Contributors: LaNitra Michele Walker