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Mary peterson vargas the artist edition, roanoke, va. The first time i saw his watercolors, i was speechless at the way he captures light. He freely cites art history and pop culture in works that include oversized paintings of banal and provocative phrases bacon, holy shit, feminist, maps of the u. The artist alberto vargas born febr 9 1896, arequipa, peru. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Vargas created an art style of magnificent paintings that expanded six decades. Vargas, alberto 09 february 189630 december 1982, painter and illustrator, was born joaquin alberto vargas y chavez in arequipa, peru, the son of max vargas, a photographer, and margarita maiden name unknown. Her father was a surrealist writer and had the name philippe audoin.
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