Market of Paintings by
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Matías Gonzalez Chavajay’s family sent him away to school in Antigua Guatemala to get a high school degree, but, fascinated by the street painters there, he returned home to San Pedro to learn painting from his older brother Mariano, already a “primitivistic“ painter. Recognizing their special ability, Matias and Mariano’s eldest brother Benjamin left his job as a schoolteacher to promote their art. Soon, their careers prospered with exhibitions all over Guatemala and also in Mexico, Chile, and Japan. Matías’ paintings exhibit a delightful naivete absent from the work of other local painters. Besides his fine art paintings which he calls obras originales, he enjoys painting quick little paintings for the tourist galleries. La familia de Matías Gonzales Chavajay enviandolo a la escuela en Antigua Guatemala para que obtuviese su graduación de la escuela secundaria, pero, fascinado por los pintores callejeros de Antigua, regresó a su casa en San Pedro para aprender pintura con su hermano mayor Mariano, quién ya era un pintor “primitivista” establecido. Reconociendo la habilidad especial de sus hermanos, Benjamín, el hermano mayor de Matías y Mariano, dejó su trabajo como maestro de escuela para promover el arte de sus hermanos. Pronto, sus carreras prosperaron con muestras en toda Guatemala así como también en México, Chile y Japón. Las pinturas de Matías muestran una candidez deliciosa que está ausente en el trabajo de otros pintores locales. Además de sus pinturas de bellas artes que él llama obras originales, Matías disfruta pintando obras rápidas para las galerías de turistas.
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OBRAS COMERCIALES
These are the paintings which Matias, with the help of his wife Maria Teodora, paint quickly for the tourist market. They paint the same paintings repeatedly with little variation. Matias has a good eye, and although quickly painted these inexpensive paintings still have charm.
Extracando Pozoña
[Extracting Poison]
16" x 20"
$150
Bajando Banana
[Cutting Down Bananas]
16" x 20"
$150
El Parto
[Childbirth]
16" x 20"
$150
OBRAS ORIGINALES
These are the paintings which Matias paints more slowly and carefully. They are original only until he decides to paint another version, which may or may not look about the same. Although nicely painted, none of them are of the quality of painting he did before1992.
Cosecha de Pacaya
[Pacaya Harvest]
21" x 25"
$250
Tapiscando Maiz
[Gathering Corn]
21" x 25"
$250
El Velorio en Atitlán
[A Wake in Santiago Atitlán]
21" x 25"
$300
Bajando Aguacates
[Picking Avocados]
21" x 25"
$300
Palo Volador, San Pedro la Laguna
[Pole Flyer, San Pedro la Laguna]
21" x 25"
$300
El Dentista, Chichi
[The Dentist, Chichicastenango]
18" x 22"
$400
 
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Calendar ] Calendar paintings ] Frames ] Antonio Vasquez Yojcom ] Chema Cox ] Domingo Garcia Criado ] Elva Vasquez ] Emilio Gonzalez Morales ] Felipe Batzin ] Diego Isaias Hernandez Mendez ] Lorenzo Gonzalez Chavajay ] Jose Antonio Gonzalez Escobar ] Juan Fermin Gonzalez Morales ] Julian Coche ] Margarito Chex Icu ] Maria Elena Curruchiche ] Maria Teodora Mendez de Gonzales ] Mariano Gonzalez Chavajay ] Mario Gonzalez Chavajay ] [ Matias Gonzalez Chavjay ] Miguel Angel Sunu Cortez ] Paula Nicho Cumes ] Pedro Rafael Gonzalez Chavajay ] Vicenta Puzul de Gonzales ] Under $150 ] Major paintings ] Reproductions ]
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