Gustavo Arroyo was born in Montevideo. He
graduated as a medical doctor in 1974, and in 1988 he studied
drawing and painting at the Professor Egardo Ribeiro and
Walter Nadal art studios, under the notions of the Professor
Joaquin Torres Garcia School. He has traveled regularly
to the United States and Europe.
Professor Nadal once said, "Arroyo
is a spontaneous painter, he allows the paintbrush to travel
and capture the impulses of his intellect in a clear expressionist
work. His analytical and methodical professional nature
reflect his choice of subject matter, the start of the work,
later, he releases himself in the completion of his painting
allowing his inner self to show through. This all transforms
into a painting of simple shading, strong and vigorous,
where he achieves complete artistic harmony, in shades of
intermingled colors, which fashion the tonal unity which
characterizes his works. He chooses authentically Montevidean
themes for the development of his paintings, like the candombe
or the tango. The characters he represents play
the leading role in the scene and emerge from the stillness
of the frame to acquire the movement and necessary atmosphere
that the subject matter requires, all accomplished with
absolute simplicity".
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