Jesús Rafael Soto
Venezuelan Kinetic artist, active mainly in Paris. He was born in Ciudad Bolívar and in 1942–7 he studied at the School of Fine and Applied Arts in Caracas

Alejandro Otero
Venezuelan painter, sculptor, administrator, and writer, regarded as one of his country’s leading artists. He was born at El Manteco, Bolivar State, and

Armando Reverón
Venezuelan painter, born in Caracas. Reverón was a strange character but also ‘the best Venezuelan painter of the first half of the century’ (Edward Lucie-

Carlos Cruz-Diez
Venezuelan painter and Kinetic artist, resident in Paris since 1960. In 1960 he settled in Paris, where he became friendly with other Latin American artist
