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Francisco Masseria

Francisco J. J. C. Masseria (1927 - 2002) was active/lived in Argentina.  Francisco Masseria is known for Child portrait painting, faces, abstract.

The artist Francisco J. J. C. Masseria was born on April 7th, 1926 in Parana, capital of Province of Entre Rios, Argentina. Masseria's parents were Italian. Although none of his family were artists, Masseria showed evidence of a talent for art when he was quite young, drawing color pencil portraits of his grade school friends. Masseria began painting with oil paints when he was about 13 and progressed rapidly as an artist. His first achievement came at the age of fourteen when exhibiting at the Salon Annuale of Entre Rios he earned his first gold medal. His father, Joseph, encourage his son to pursue his talent as a self taught artist. Masseria's paintings did not gain recognition in Argentina. "I was known locally but not nationally" he said during a visit to the USA. The main problem was that I was a figurative painter, and the vogue was abstract art. I never believed in fads in art, he said. When I started to paint in Argentina people would say, "Francisco, why don't you pai   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5082 characters.]  Artist bio

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