BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Portrait artist\, Juan Bastos\, takes us on a tour of 21st cent ury portrait painting with stories from his 40-year career of immortalizin g fascinating personalities from four continents. Over the four past decad es\, Los Angeles-based portrait artist\, Juan Bastos\, has executed severa l hundred portrait commissions in North and South America\, Europe\, and A sia. These oil paintings and pastel drawings hang in private homes\, corpo rate offices\, government buildings\, embassies\, libraries\, churches\, a nd universities. Born in Caracas\, Venezuela\, in 1958\, Bastos and his fa mily returned to Bolivia\, their homeland\, eleven years later. Surrounded by relatives who were painters\, Bastos grew up in an artistic environmen t. After studying fine arts and architecture at the University of San Andr es in La Paz\, he came to the United States where he enrolled at Georgetow n University in 1979. He later obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree fro m the Maryland Institute College of Art\, Cum Laude\, and a Master of Fine Arts from Towson University. Bastos has had one-man shows in Washington\, D.C.\, Baltimore\, Lima\, La Paz\, and a Los Angeles retrospective of his California portraits. In addition\, he has been included in group shows i n New York\, Paris\, Madrid\, Los Angeles\, Essex\, England\, and a bienni al in Cairo\, Egypt. His works have been widely reviewed by the press. Bas tos is often invited to give lectures and demonstrations at universities\, colleges\, and art institutions. Bastos has lived in Los Angeles since 19 96. DTEND:20221102T203000Z DTSTAMP:20261029T025839Z DTSTART:20221102T190000Z LOCATION:The Ebell SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Painting the Rich and Famous UID:69c67f37-9a90-4645-9ff5-5f69e6dfc149 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Port rait artist\, Juan Bastos\, takes us on a tour of 21st cen tury portrait painting with stories from his 40-year career of immortalizi ng fascinating personalities from four continents.

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Over the four past decades\, Los Angeles-based portrait artist\, Juan Bastos\, has exec uted several hundred portrait commissions in North and South America\, Eur ope\, and Asia. These oil paintings and pastel drawings hang in private ho mes\, corporate offices\, government buildings\, embassies\, libraries\, c hurches\, and universities.

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Born in Caracas\, Venezuela\, in 195 8\, Bastos and his family returned to Bolivia\, their homeland\, eleven ye ars later. Surrounded by relatives who were painters\, Bastos grew up in a n artistic environment. After studying fine arts and architecture at the U niversity of San Andres in La Paz\, he came to the United States where he enrolled at Georgetown University in 1979. He later obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art\, Cum Laude\, and a Master of Fine Arts from Towson University.

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Bastos has ha d one-man shows in Washington\, D.C.\, Baltimore\, Lima\, La Paz\, and a L os Angeles retrospective of his California portraits. In addition\, he has been included in group shows in New York\, Paris\, Madrid\, Los Angeles\, Essex\, England\, and a biennial in Cairo\, Egypt. His works have been wi dely reviewed by the press. Bastos is often invited to give lectures and d emonstrations at universities\, colleges\, and art institutions. Bastos ha s lived in Los Angeles since 1996.

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