Carlos Catasse

Carlos Catasse
Born Carlos Tapia Sepúlveda
1945
Santiago, Chile
Died January 19, 2010
Quito, Ecuador
Nationality Chilean
Known for Painting

Carlos Catasse (1944 – January 19, 2010), born Carlos Tapia Sepúlveda in Santiago, Chile, formed his new last name by combining the first two letters of his first, middle and last names. Catasse is a Chilean painter of international recognition. Since 1969, he has lived and painted in Quito, Ecuador, the country that in 1986 granted him with Ecuador’s National Prize for Painting, the Premio Eugenio Espejo.[1] Catasse has had a great number of individual exhibitions throughout Latin America, as well as, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the United States. After Catasse died in Quito, Ecuador at the age of 65, his remains were cremated in a cemetery in the Ecuadorian capital, and there are plans to open a gallery exhibition of his works.[1]

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References
  1. 1 2 "Chilean Painter Carlos Catasse Dies". Latin American Herald Tribune. Retrieved 29 February 2010. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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