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for him. Nature was always the frame of his paintings. His encounter with the natural environment manifested after his arrival to
Esmeraldas, the province he adopted as his own. Andrade exalted the value of nature as companion to human existence and saw beyond the human figure. He felt privileged to capture on his canvas the feelings of the people from Esmeraldas.
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His oil paintings feature the agile movement of a woman dancing to the sound of the marimba, the expression of joy of a child on a riverbank, the sweat on the back of a man carrying a banana bunch and the suffering of a father weeping over the body of his just deceased son. These expressions are part
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Efraín and Flor de María settled in
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in 1947 where he worked as commercial craft man and enjoyed the company of his good friend and artist César
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Andrade was proud of his artistic work about the people of
Esmeraldas, which to him represented the core essence of province. All his years Andrade worked on expressing the feelings and sufferings of the people he observed. He was not interested in publicity or fame, he wanted his paintings to speak
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During the 1950s and 1960s most of his artwork was acquired by foreigners temporarily living in
Esmeraldas, who later took the paintings to their own countries such as Sweden, Norway, France, the Netherlands and the United States. The greatest legacy of Andrade is the 2.5m x 15m Al Footbolista Mural
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In 1941, Andrade moved to Manabí with the sole purpose of painting, and by the end of this year he had completed a collection of oil paintings and some portraits utilizing his already mastered “pen and ink” technique. He presented his first exhibition in
Portoviejo, Manabí at Casa de la Cultura and
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After establishing himself in
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Andrade has been recognized as the greatest artist of
Esmeraldas. His paintings were the first artistic expression of the Afro-Esmeraldean culture. In 1952 Andrade brought out the culture of the people of Esmeraldas throughout his painting, sculptures, murals, and architectural work. Awards given
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The use of strong colors, vivid characters and real issues has made his painting the cover letter of
Esmeraldas. “Andrade captured, with a sense of movement, the spirit of the local people. For years, his paintings were almost the only artwork of Esmeraldas", wrote poet Antonio Preciado Bedoya in
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the mid-twentieth century, where he brought out the culture of the people of
African descent through his artwork. He marked an era in the culture of Esmeraldas as the first painter to present an exhibition in June 1951 at Casa de la Cultura Benjamín Carrión. The work was highly admired by the
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Andrade exhibited a vocation for painting early in life, and while attending high school designed and painted men's neckties and tagua-buttons for export to Italy. He studied painting and architecture at the Escuela de Bellas Artes (School of Fine Arts) from 1937 to 1941. During this time he
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audience and media. At a young age, Andrade mastered the pen and ink technique. The drawings and portraits are the ultimate representation of his artistic talent. One can see how the subjects take on new life in the exquisite delicacy of his pen strokes.
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Bogotá (Bogotá's Fine Art Board). The pen and ink portraits and drawings exhibited earned him a highly positive review from critic Ricardo Ortiz McCormick, Academic, published in
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where he continued his middle and high school studies, first at the Pensionado Mercedario, then Anexa Leopoldo Chávez del Normal Montalvo and Mejia High School.
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Efraín Andrade Viteri (far left) and his wife Flor de María (far right, blue dress) at an exhibit of his work at the Torres y Torres Gallery in 1991.
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Andrade designed schools and houses and one was the recipient of award as “Best designed house of the year” for its beauty and functionality.
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for the frontispiece of the stadium. The eleven figures that make up the mural represent the people of Esmeraldas' passion for soccer.
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on the façade of the Folke Anderson Stadium, which he designed and built in the mid-fifties.
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His concern with social issues were expressed in his collection of photographs taken in the
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Postmortem Honorable Mention from the Municipality of Esmeraldas (1997)
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of the culture that Andrade immortalized through his paintings.
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City Planning Director of the Municipally of Esmeraldas (1960)
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painter known as "The Painter of the Négritude Esmeraldeña".
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Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana - Núcleo de Portoviejo (1948)
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