Manuel Vicente Mujica

Manuel Vicente Mujica (Venezuelan, b. 1924).

This work is offered unframed.

Manuel Mujica first studied at the School of Plastic and Applied Arts under Antonio Edmundo Monsanto and Rafael Ramón González (1939–1942). Over the course of a long and successful career, he exhibited widely and with success including at the Salón Anual de Artistas Independientes held by the Caracas Museo de Bellas Artes (1956–1960), the Institute of Hispanic Culture (Madrid, 1960) and in Barcelona (1967). In 1967, Mujica won a scholarship and stipend which allowed him to return to paint and study in Europe. Later in 1967, he was awarded Barcelona's Real Círculo de Arte Prize. Manuel Mujica's work is held in private and public collections, including the permanent collections of the Venezuelan National Art Gallery, the National Academy of History in Caracas and the Venezuelan Presidential Residence.

Venezuelan art critic and collector Mayz Lyon has noted that, "two great masters of art have been mentioned for their relationship with Mujica's work: Pierre Bonnard and Marcos Castillo... From Bonnard, he picks up the subtlety and finesse in the use of the finely nuanced colors and from Castillo... his freshness and poetic lyricism."

Signed M.V Mujica (lower left)

1956 AEV

1957 Athenaeum of Caracas

1958 Military Circle

1962 Mosquera Suarez Institute, Barquisimeto

1963 Barquisimeto Athenaeum / Cecilio Acosta House of Culture, Los Teques / Lara State College of Physicians, Barquisimeto

1964 Society of Friends of Art Lawyers, Bar Association, Caracas

1966 The Wall Gallery, Caracas

1967 El Muro Gallery, Caracas / Barcelona Radio Club Art Studio, Spain

1968 The Wall Gallery, Caracas

1969 Art Corner Gallery, Caracas

1970 Art Corner Gallery, Caracas

1972 Rincón del Arte Gallery, Caracas

1975 The Wall Gallery, Caracas

1976 The Pyramid Gallery, Caracas

1986 Government of the Federal District, Caracas

1987 "Works by Manuel Vicente Mujica", Museum of Barquisimeto

1988 Lozada & Lozano Gallery, Valencia, Edo. Carabobo

1991 "Cosmic metamorphosis", Mayz Lyon Gallery, Caracas / Gallery A, Caracas

El Circulo De Bellas Artes.

A Cien Años De Su Creación (1912-2012), Fundación Museos Nacionales, Galería de Arte Nacional 2012, p. 101;

Palabres Sobre Artistas, JJ Mayz Lyon, University of Texas, CONAC 1998, p. 195; et al.