Artist
Vicente Albán
b. 1725
Vicente Albán is a Rococo painting artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Vicente Albán was born in Quito.
Vincente Albán (1725 in Quito, Ecuador - Unknown) was an Ecuadorian painter, member of the Quiteña School, noted for his idealized paintings of Indigenous (Yumbo people) and Latin American-born people in their native outfits. These paintings display a variety of social classes and information on the clothing of the time. Exploring Latin American identity, his work was commissioned by José Celestino Mutis, who wanted to bring local flora into the mind of the country.
The paintings were created via an oil on canvas technique. Paintings of this era such as this were often used as a method of showing American territory and the resources it provides. People shown in Albáns work were shown wearing gold and silver to demonstrate the continents wealth.
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