Angel Hurtado

"Monograph on artist who alternated between painting and cinematography, and who lived in Paris and then in Washington for many years before settling in the Margarita Island off the Venezuelan shore. Book concentrates on his work as a painter, going back to artist's beginnings in the town of El Tocuyo where he was born in 1927. From this rural reality, Hurtado's interest in landscape evolved to his present-day work. Excellent reproductions, good bibliography and biblio-filmography, and a clear text make this book a prime source for understanding Hurtado's life and work"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.