Oswaldo Guayasamín

Oswaldo Guayasamín Calero was born in Quito on July 6, 1919, the eldest of ten children of an indigenous Quechua father and a mestiza mother. Graduating from the School of Fine Arts in Quito, Guayasamín was befriended by Nelson Rockefeller and Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco.

His art developed across monumental thematic series: Huacayñán portraying the tragedy of the Indigenous, Mestizo, and Black peoples; La Edad de la Ira condemning the violence of the 20th century; and La Edad de la Ternura dedicated to his mother. Before his death, he designed La Capilla del Hombre, a monumental temple of human dignity overlooking Quito.