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Paul del Rio (born 1943, died April 5, 2015) was a Venezuelan sculptor and painter. Paul del Rio combines modernism, cubism and surrealism to create enigmatic paintings that are usually a social commentary on the harshness of modern urban life for ordinary people, and their longing for a different life. Originally from Spain, his parents were exiled to France after the fall of the republic and then immigrated to Havana, Cuba where he was born as Máximo Canales. His family moved once more to Caracas, the capital of Venezuela his second year. ==Revolutionary== It was not as an artist but as a revolutionary that Paul del Rio first came to public notice. In 1963 at the age of 19 as leader of a Venezuelan revolutionary group the Armed Forces of National Liberation (in Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional, FALN), he seized the Venezuelan cargo ship ''Anzoátegui'' (13/02/1963) and six months later kidnapped Argentine football player star Alfredo Di Stefano at gunpoint from the Potomac Hotel in Caracas while his team, Real Madrid, were on a pre-season tour of South America (24/08/1963). The kidnapping was codenamed "Julian Grimau", after the Spanish communist Julián Grimau García executed by firing squad in Spain that April during Francisco Franco's dictatorship. Di Stefano was released unharmed two days later close to the Spanish embassy, without a ransom being paid. The FALN had intended to use the kidnapping to bring international attention on the repressive government of Romulo Betancourt. Di Stefano played in a match against São Paulo F.C. the day after and received a standing ovation in the Olympic Stadium. A Spanish movie entitled "Real, La Película" ("Real, The Movie") which recounted these events was released in August 25, 2005. In a bizarre publicity stunt at the premiere, Paul del Rio and Di Stefano were brought together for the first time in the 42 years since the abduction. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul del Rio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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