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Arturo Michelena

Venezuelan painter

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Michelena and the second or maternal family name is Castillo.

Arturo Michelena
Born	Francisco Arturo Michelena Castillo (1863-06-16)16 June 1863 Valencia, Venezuela
Died	29 July 1898(1898-07-29) (aged 35) Caracas, Venezuela
Known for	Painting

Francisco Arturo Michelena Castillo (Spanish pronunciation:[aɾˈtuɾomitʃeˈlena]; 16 June 1863  – 29 July 1898) was a Venezuelan painter known for his historical and genre scenes and portraits.

Biography

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His father, Juan Antonio Michelena (1832-1918) was also a painter. His mother, Socorro Castillo (1839-1909), was the daughter of the muralist, Pedro Castillo [es].

He began to paint at a very early age, with lessons from his father. In 1874, aged only eleven, he drew the illustrations for the American edition of Costumbres Venezolanas (Venezuelan Customs) by the journalist Francisco de Sales Pérez (1836-1926), who became his sponsor and introduced him to the circle of influential people associated with the statesman, Antonio Guzmán Blanco, in hopes of getting him a scholarship.^[1] Later, he received lessons from a French emigrant painter