Cecilio Guzmán de Rojas

Cecilio Guzmán de Rojas (24 October 1899 – 14 February 1950)^[1] was a Bolivian painter who was a leader of the indigenous art movement during the first half of the 20th century.

Cecilio Guzmán de Rojas
Born	(1899-10-24)24 October 1899 Potosí, Bolivia
Died	14 February 1950(1950-02-14) (aged 50) La Paz, Bolivia
Education	Avelino Nogales Julio Romero de Torres
Notable work	Inca Princess, 1931

Life

Rojas was born in Potosí, Bolivia.^[1][2]

He was a student of Avelino Nogales, and then Julio Romero de Torres, who taught him in Spain.^[2][3] Rojas became a leader of the Bolivian indigenous art movement during the first half of the 20th century, and was known for mixing Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles with Indigenist imagery.^[3]

Rojas taught the American modernist painter Evelyn Metzger, whilst she was living in South America.^[4]

He was the father of the noted mathematician, scientist and linguist Iván Guzmán de Rojas.^{[citation needed]}

He died by suicide in La Paz.^[1][2]