Carlo Raúl Villanueva (England 1900-1975)
Villanueva was born to a Venezuelan diplomat father and a French mother in Surrey, England. He went on to study in Paris, where he graduated with a degree in Architecture from the École de Beaux-Arts and when he was 28 years old, he moved definitively to Caracas. Villanueva worked in Venezuela for over four decades and through his concepts, it is possible to understand the different movements of the architecture of the XX century, from the classical to the Spanish influence, and art deco to modern and later contemporary. Villanueva was responsible for the design on the Central University of Venezuela, where different edifices harbor over 135 cataloged works from artists the world over.
2018 Museo de Ciencias de Caracas - Relief “Aspice et Disce”: Francisco Narvaéz - 1939
43'X 43' - 1.10m X 1.10m (h)
acrylic and silver leaf on canvas
2018 Diptych - Low relief- Museo de Bellas Artes Caracas-1938 / Museo de Bellas Artes Caracas-1938 (diptych)
43'X 86' - 1.10m X 2.20m (h)
acrylic and silver leaf on canvas
2018 Floorplan Pavillion Plaza La Concordia-1940
43'X 43' - 1.10m X 1.10m (h)
acrylic and silver leaf on canvas
2018 Diptych - Ceiling Pavillion Plaza La Concordia - Caracas - 1940 / Pavillion Floor - Plaza La Concordia - Caracas - 1940 (diptych)
43'X 86'- 1.10m X 2.20m (h)
acrylic, silver and copper leaf on canvas
2018 Diptych - Reurbanización El Silencio - 1945 and Plaza de Toros de Maracay - 1933
43'X 86'- 1.10m X 2.20m
acrylic and silver leaf on canvas
2018 Diptych - Escuela Gran Colombia-1939/1942
86”X 43”(h)- 2.20m X 1.10m (h)
acrylic and silver leaf on canvas
2018 Diptych - Luz en Faculdad de Humanidades - UCV
86”X 43”(h)- 2.20m X 1.10m (h)
acrylic and silver leaf on canvas
2018 Diptych - Universidad Central de Venezuela - Aula Magna and Calder acoustic clouds - 1953
86”X 43”(h)- 2.20m X 1.10m (h)
acrylic on canvas
2018 Museo Universitario- Uiversidad Central de Venezuela
43”X 43” - 1.10m X 1.10m (h)
acrylic and silver leaf on canvas
2018 Faculdad Inginiería- Uiversidad Central de Venezuela
43”X 43” - 1.10m X 1.10m (h)
acrylic on canvas
2018 Diptych - Façade El Paraiso-1954 / Column- Ciudad Universitaria Caracas- Decade of 1950
43'X 86' - 1.10m X 2.20m (h) acrylic and silver leaf on canvas
2018 Diptych - Passillos Cubiertos- Ciudad Universitaria Caracas- Decade of 1950 / Estadio Olímpico -Ciudad Universitaria Caracas- Decade of 1950
43'X 86' - 1.10m X 2.20m (h) acrylic and silver leaf on canvas
2018 Diptych- Façade Biblioteca Faculdad de Inginieria and mural on Faculdad de Ingienaria building art Alejandro Otero-1954
86”X 43” - 2.20m X 1.10m (h)
acrylic and silver on canvas
2018 Diptych - Faculdad de Humanidades and auditorio building: Victor Valera’s murals - 1956 and 1955
86”X 43” - 2.20m X 1.10m (h)
acrylic on canvas