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    Art Brokerage: Alirio Palacios Venezuelan Artist: b. 1938-2015. Alirio Palacios was a Venezuelan visual artist born near Tucupita, Delta Amacuro (December 7, 1938). He died in Caracas on September 11, 2015. Palacios excelled at drawing, engraving, graphic designing, printmaking and sculpture thanks to a lengthy and solid education at top art centers in Caracas, Paris, Beijing and Warsaw among others. Amid many awards, Palacios won the National Prize of Plastic Arts of Venezuela in 1977. His work is on display in museums and public sites internationally, including the presidential Palace and the National Supreme Court in Caracas, the Casa de Las Américas in Havana, and the University of Edinburgh where Palacio`s portrait of the first Venezuelan President Jose Maria Vargas is on permanent display. Many of Palacios`s works have been successfully sold at auctions by Sotheby's and Christie's in New York City, Hotel des Ventes in Geneve, and Odalys in Caracas. Palacios has authored many books on his own work, and illustrated several literature books by other authors. The artist is listed in important reference sources such as The Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Art. Horse figures were often motifs of his graphic and scupltoric art, an obsession he developed during his long stay in China. Listings wanted.

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