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Walter Firpo

Walter Firpo (1903 - 2002) was active/lived in Puerto Rico.  Walter Firpo is known for Painting.

A painter, writer and poet, Walter Firpo was born in San Juan, on Puerto Rico, in 1903. He worked as a bank clerk in Nice after the First World War and painted and studied art in his spare time, and in 1929 he met Albert Gleizes, a meeting that was to be the great turning point of his life. Gleizes was so impressed with the young artist’s talent that he decided to exhibit alongside him, and became both his master and his friend. Gleizes subsequently wrote of their initial encounter that “the foundation of our immediate friendship was shared spiritual views”. From 1931 onwards, Firpo began to exhibit independently in Nice. During the 1930s he maintained a friendship with Giorgio de Chirico, Henri Matisse, André Lhote and Sonia Delaunay. In 1946 he revived his friendship with Albert Gleizes and from 1950 to 1953 he settled in a Protestant Community, painting largely religiously inspired works. In 1952 he exhibited with Matisse, who said about Firpo: “I see your beautiful works hanging   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1670 characters.]  Artist bio

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