Fernando Maza Artwork valuations, appraisals and auction estimates

Between 1949 and 1953 he attended the atelier of Raúl Podestá, a traditional painter and sculptor. In 1957 he began exhibiting in the art salons of Buenos Aires, Rosario and Santa Fe. Read the full biography

Between 1949 and 1953 he attended the atelier of Raúl Podestá, a traditional painter and sculptor. In 1957 he began exhibiting in the art salons of Buenos Aires, Rosario and Santa Fe. The following year he exhibited at the Huemul Gallery together with Emilio Schiavo. He participated in the presentations of Movimiento Informalista in 1959. In 1960 he moved to New York where he remained until 1973. He then moved to London, and finally settled in Paris in 1977. In 1960 he was granted a scholarship by the Unión Panamericano, to study printmaking techniques at the Pratt Graphic Art Center in New York. He obtained an honorable mention at the VIII Bienal de San Pablo, in 1965 and the first prize for paintings at the Festival de Arte de Cali, Colombia, in 1968. He received the Guggenheim scholarship in 1971 and in 1985 he distinguished by the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes with the Palanza Prize. In 1987 he won the Gran Premio de Honor of the Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas, and in 1994, the Fortabat Foundation of Paris gave him the first prize ex aequo together with Jack Vanarsky.