Anonymous, Peruvian School, signed with initials lower left
Early 20th century
Oil on canvas
Image 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches each; archival frame 13 x 15 inches each
Provenance: Private New England collection
A pair of portraits depicting Indigenous Andean women, each wearing the wide-brimmed red felt montera hat characteristic of the Cusco highland region, set against a deep green ground. In the first, a young woman in a pink poncho with striped ochre shawl glances downward from beneath the broad brim of her hat, her expression interior and self-possessed. In the second, an older woman meets the viewer's gaze directly, her blue garment and red-striped blanket rendered with the same directness as her unflinching expression. Both canvases are signed with initials lower left.
The two portraits belong to the tradition of Peruvian Indigenismo, the cultural and artistic movement that emerged in the 1920s under the influence of José Sabogal at the Lima School of Fine Arts and celebrated Indigenous Andean identity as central to Peruvian national culture. Painters working in this tradition brought the dignity and presence of highland communities to the canvas with a directness that distinguished their work from the ethnographic curiosity of earlier costumbrista painting. The montera, worn by women in the Cusco and Puno regions, became one of the defining emblems of this movement.
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Anonymous, Peruvian School, signed with initials lower left
Early 20th century
Oil on canvas
Image 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches each; archival frame 13 x 15 inches each
Provenance: Private New England collection
A pair of portraits depicting Indigenous Andean women, each wearing the wide-brimmed red felt montera hat characteristic of the Cusco highland region, set against a deep green ground. In the first, a young woman in a pink poncho with striped ochre shawl glances downward from beneath the broad brim of her hat, her expression interior and self-possessed. In the second, an older woman meets the viewer's gaze directly, her blue garment and red-striped blanket rendered with the same directness as her unflinching expression. Both canvases are signed with initials lower left.
The two portraits belong to the tradition of Peruvian Indigenismo, the cultural and artistic movement that emerged in the 1920s under the influence of José Sabogal at the Lima School of Fine Arts and celebrated Indigenous Andean identity as central to Peruvian national culture. Painters working in this tradition brought the dignity and presence of highland communities to the canvas with a directness that distinguished their work from the ethnographic curiosity of earlier costumbrista painting. The montera, worn by women in the Cusco and Puno regions, became one of the defining emblems of this movement.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
