Fernando llort el salvador art painting

Fernando Llort was a man of passion, spirituality, religion, community, and an idealist. He is known for teaching the citizens of the small town of La Palma , Chalatenango , how to make a living through art. Fernando Llort died on 10 August Fernando Llort started his post secondary education at the University of El Salvador in the early s where he studied architecture, [ 5 ] but he dropped out due to unknown reasons.

He continued to explore his interests of spirituality in when Llort traveled to Medellin , Colombia where he studied religion at the seminary in La Ceja. During his time in Europe, Llort painted in his free time, which led to his first exhibition of works in France.

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Llort spent many years away from his home country in his pursuit of education. During Llort's time abroad, he felt a disconnect from his culture and would rekindle it in his exhibition in France, where inspiration of Mayan culture influenced Llort's work to connect themes of identity to relate to his Latin American heritage. Finishing his time in Europe, Llort traveled to study in the United States at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana , where he would start taking formal art courses, along with modern architecture and English classes.

Fernando Llort and a few other of his friends began to explore music inspired by the American Hippie movement of the s upon his return to El Salvador. To escape instability, in he and other young artists moved to the town of La Palma in the northern region of El Salvador , close to the border with Honduras.