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Legacy of works
Ramón
Banús
Guatemalan painter · 1938 – 2012
Trained at Guatemala's National School of Fine Arts and at La Lonja in Barcelona, Banús fused surrealism and magical realism to portray the human figure, folklore and everyday life in Guatemala. He exhibited across Europe and the Americas from 1961, and his legacy is still shown today.
61solo and group exhibitions, 1961 – 2018
14countries where his work has been shown
207press articles about his work, 1963 – 2012
5decades of artistic career, 1961 – 2012
“In Banús I have seen an exceptional draftsman of extraordinary pictorial qualities.”
Honors
A distinguished career
- 1982Master of Art specializing in Fine Arts, Ministry of Education of Guatemala
- 1991Emeritissimum, School of Humanities, University of San Carlos of Guatemala
- 1999Officer's Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, awarded by King Juan Carlos I of Spain
- 2003Distinguished Citizen of Guatemala City
- 2005Represented Guatemala at the United Nations 60th Anniversary exhibition
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