Arturo Nieto

Ecuadorian, (1933–1995)

Arturo Lenin Nieto Checa was born in Quito, Ecuador, on May 16, 1933. Nieto's interest in literature, theology, politics, philosophy, art history, and astrophysics - primarily self-taught - informed his work, and he became a part of the intellectual circle of Bogota, Columbia in the 1950s. His brother introduced him to fellow painters, serveral considered masters of Latin American watercolor such as Carlos Fandiño and Jorge Carcavallo. He remained in Bogota for several years until the passing of his father, when he returned to Quinto and started a family.