Abstraction, Venancio Shinki. Peru

Venancio Shinki (1932 – 2016) was considered one of the most outstanding Peruvian painters. He was born in Supe, Lima, Peru. His father Kitsuke Shinki from Hiroshima Prefecture was Japanese and had arrived in Peru in 1915. His mother was Peruvian, He was born and raised at the Hacienda San Nicolás in Supe, north of Lima. At that time, Supe attracted a large concentration of Japanese immigrants. He studied at the National School of Fine Arts of Peru, where he was trained by, among others, Sabino Springuett, Ricardo Grau and Juan Manuel Ugarte Elespuru. He graduated in 1962. He was awarded the Sérvulo Gutiérrez Prize. He was known for being an abstract expressionist painter. His work is partly inspired by travels through Ecuador, Mexico and Peru, but in its symbolism it also reflects his admiration for the works of Bosch, El Greco, Klee and Mir; with its subtle range of tones and textures and its indefinite forms, it also expressed elements of his Japanese heritage. His paintings blend Eastern, Western and Andean themes, with a distinctive surrealism that shows an intriguing and unknown universe, highlighted by a refined technique and a renewed figuration. The picture is available in Lima Peru.