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Zamor, born in March 8, 1951 in Colombia, is a Colombian and French painter, sculptor and writer. He became known for his large paintings and the treatment of his male and female subjects using a technique between realism and hyperrealism. Influenced by the Italian mannerists and their distorted figures, as well as anamorphosis and trompe-l'oeil, his techniques borrow from the Renaissance. creating his own and unique style that he calls "suprarealism". The artist describes suprarealism as, "in surrealism the absurd elements are evident, but in suprarealism the absurd go into the logic of seeing, being in fact unnoticed".〔"Le Quêteur d'âmes" ("The Seeker of Souls"), Amazon.fr, page 535〕 Zamor has lived in Europe since 1974, spending long periods in Rome, Florence, Paris, Amsterdam, Zürich, Stockholm and Madrid to develop and finish his humanistic studies before creating his own artistic style. ==Education== Once he had decided to be an artist, Guillermo Zamor didn't want to study in the Academy of Arts, because he considered it a priority to have a humanistic and literary education in order to be better prepared for an artistic career. Initially he followed an architecture course at the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá, Colombia, where he learned the fundamentals of art, perspective, drawing, etc. Then he decided to direct his studies towards philosophy and literature. He began with a licentiate degree in Philosophy and Letters and then a master's degree in History at the Xavierian University in Bogotá.〔Pontificia Universitas Javeriana, Licentiati in philosophia et litteris, Historia in specie, bogotá 12 décembre 1972〕 After that he left his country to go to Paris in 1974 where he continued his humanistic studies for a master's degree in Literature at the Sorbonne,〔Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Lettres et Civilisations), dossier Nº 220, 16 décembre 1975, Titulaire de la Maîtrise sans mention de spécialité avec les certificats d'études supérieures de maitrise suivants: C2 "Littérature des nations hispano-américaines" - novembre 1975, et un mémoire sur le sujet suivant: "La violencia en Colombia a través de la literatura", avec mention très bien et félicitations du jury〕 and a Ph.D in History, also at the Sorbonne,〔Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Lettres et civilisations) Paris IV,Dossier Nº A 737, Inscription du sujet de thèse en vue du doctorat du troisième cycle "Recherche sur les présidents d'Audience en Nouvelle Grenade de 1565 à 1605", Rapporteur: Monsieur le Professeur LAFAYE, Paris, 17 June 1977〕 and finally, a licentiate degree in History of Art at the University of Grenoble in France. In 1976, after traveling and studying the Europe's museums, he decided to dedicate his life to painting and sculpting in Paris. 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「Zamor (artist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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