Herman Braun-Vega was a Peruvian painter and artist.
14 Facts About Herman Braun-Vega
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Herman Braun-Vega decided not to limit his painting to aesthetic research, but to adopt a clear pictorial language accessible to non-specialists even though his works often have several levels of reading.
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Herman Braun-Vega's painting enriched with references to the history of art, often depicts characters, landscapes, fruits and vegetables from his native Peru.
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Herman Braun-Vega asserts his mixed origins through a syncretic work, often very colorful, interspersed with political messages including transfers of press clippings.
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Herman Braun-Vega's father, Francisco Braun Weisbrod, was Jewish born in 1902 under the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in the city of Stuhlweissenberg, currently in Hungarian territory.
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Herman Braun-Vega's mother, Armida Vega Noriega, was born in Iquitos, capital of the Peruvian Amazon.
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Herman Braun-Vega's older brother, Max, was born in February 1932.
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Herman Braun-Vega's father bought art reproductions in Paris and had them framed in Peru.
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In 1950, Herman Braun-Vega became the student of Carlos Quizpez Asin at the School of Fine Arts in Lima, where he studied for a year and a half.
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Herman Braun-Vega had to abandon painting and dedicate himself to interior design, working for Jean Royere on whose behalf he finds himself in charge of opening a decoration agency in Peru.
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In November 1967, Herman Braun-Vega returned to Paris with his son.
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Herman Braun-Vega himself suffers from Parkinson's disease and painfully completes his last paintings in 2014.
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Herman Braun-Vega felt so much devastated by the loss of Violette in 2016 that his state of health did not allow him to attend the funeral.
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Herman Braun-Vega painted numerous writers: Jorge Semprun, Alain Jouffroy, Julio Ramon Ribeyro, Alfredo Bryce Echenique and Jean-Michel Ribes.