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 Antonio Coche Mendoza (rt.) stands with his brother Julian on
the dock at San Juan la Laguna. Antonio was San Juan's first oil painter. He studied in
San Pedro with Mariano Gonzalez Ch. Above Antonio and Julian pose with their mother and
Antonio's wife in their parents garden. Antonio has since moved into his own place, has
taught his wife and brother-in-law how to paint. Last year they scored top prizes in the
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| Julian Coche Mendoza stands with an unfinished painting of a
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player. Julian is one the artists who has a natural gift for color and composition. After
becoming accomplished at painting he decided to study art at the National
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 Victor Vasquez Temo is one of the few artists in San Pedro or San Juan to
have learned to paint completely on his own. He has a natural gift for expressing the
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Victor in San Francisco California with singer Pat Wynne.
Victor's visit
 to the United States was an eye-opener for an artist who still thinks of
himself as a simple campesino. Although he was breadwinner for his family after his father
died, he had been to Guatemala city only once in his life.
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Antonio Vasquez stands with his wife in the doorway of their new house. They seem very young to already have a baby. When I talk with him he appears despondent saying that the galleries in Santiago pay artists like him very little for their paintings. When I visit again a year later they have another child. |
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| While I take photographs of Antonio Ixtamer and his family, the neighborhood kids crowd around to watch the picture taking, an exciting diversion. Antonio (or Tono as he is known) stands next to his wife Ana while his mother holds their little girl Liza. His son Gerson stands in front at the left. | |||||||||||||
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