This is a list of artists, in chronological and period order, who were born in Venezuela or whose artworks are closely associated with the country. 19th Century Venezuelan artists Pedro Castillo(1790-1858), painter Juan Lovera (1776–1841) Carmelo Fernández (1809–1897), artist and painter Martín Tovar y Tovar (1827–1902) Eloy Palacios (1847–1919), artist, sculptor and painter Emilio Jacinto Mauri (1855–1908) Emilio Boggio (1857–1920) Antonio Herrera Toro (1857–1914) Cristóbal Rojas (1857–1890) Arturo Michelena (1863–1898) 20th Century Venezuelan artists Federico Brandt (1878–1932) Tito Salas (1887–1974) Armando Reverón (1889–1954) Bárbaro Rivas (1893–1967) Manuel Cabré (1890–1984) Juan Félix Sánchez (1900–1997) Francisco Narvaez (1905–1982) Gertrude Goldschmidt "Gego" (1912–1994) César Rengifo (1915–1980) Gabriel Bracho (1915–1995) Braulio Salazar (1917–2008) Mario Abreu (1919–1993) Alejandro Otero (1921–1990) Mercedes Pardo (1921–2005) Jesús Rafael Soto (1923–2005) Seka Severin de Tudja (1923–2007) Carlos Cruz-Díez (1924–2019) Narciso Debourg (b. 1925) Elsa Gramcko (1925–1994) Mateo Manaure (1926–2018) Oswaldo Vigas (1926–2014) Pedro León Zapata (1928–2015) Mariano Díaz (photographer) (b. 1929) Marisol Escobar (1930–2016) Lía Bermúdez (b. 1930) Jacobo Borges (b. 1931) Juan Calzadilla (b. 1931) Gregorio Camacho (1933-2002) Juvenal Ravelo (b. 1934) Julio Maragall (b. 1936) Asdrubal Colmenarez (b. 1936) Francisco Hung (1937–2001) Harry Abend (1937–2021) Aimée Battistini (1937-2021) Alirio Palacios (1938–2015) Balthazar Armas (1941–2015) Paul del Rio (1943–2015) Jorge Blanco (b. 1945) Azalea Quiñones (b. 1951) Patricia Van Dalen (b. 1955) Arturo Herrera (b. 1959) María Rivas (1960-2019) Contemporary Venezuelan artists Julio Aguilera (b. 1961) José Antonio Hernández-Diez (b. 1964) Carla Arocha (b. 1961) Fernando Asián (b. 1951) Muu Blanco (b. 1966) Beatriz Helena Ramos (b. 1971) Jaime Gili (b. 1972) Suwon Lee (b. 1977) Hermann Mejia (b. 1973) Yucef Merhi (b. 1977) Daniella Isamit Morales (b. 1982) Enrique Enn (b. 1995) Raul J Mendez (b.1973) See also List of Venezuelans List of Latin American artists Venezuela Artists