About The Artist:
Juan Manuel Gomez-Quiroz
Juan Manuel Gomez-Quiroz, painter/printmaker and graphic artist was born in 1939 in Santiago, Chile. He began his formal art studies there in 1957. In 1962 he received a scholarship and moved to New York. Between 1969 and 1976 he served as assistant professor in the Department of Art at New York University, and in 1986 he was a member of the jury at the Olympic Arts Competition. In 1988 he taught printmaking at the Fashion Institute Of...
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About The Medium:
Oil
Process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. Commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, poppy seed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil.