Monday, February 24, 2014

Uruguayan painter, sculptor, architect Paez Vilaro

This Nov. 15, 2006 photo shows a partial view of Casapueblo taken in Punta Ballena, Uruguay, where artist Carlos Paez Vilaro died early Monday, Feb. 24, 2013. Paez was a self-trained painter, sculptor, screenwriter, musician and architect who championed Afro-Uruguayan Candombe music and dance, created colorful murals in dozens of cities around the world and built a huge “living sculpture” that became an iconic 50-room hotel, died Monday at the age of 90. Paez Vilaro’s son “Carlitos” said he died at home in “Casapueblo,” the sprawling structure at Punta Ballena that doubled as a museum and cultural center. (AP PhotoMatilde Campodonico) MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Carlos Paez Vilaro, a self-trained painter, sculptor, screenwriter, musician and architect who championed Afro-Uruguayan Candombe music and dance, created colorful murals in dozens of cities around the world, and built a huge "living sculpture" that became an iconic 50-room hotel, died on Monday. He was 90.








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