By Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
This collection, which is currently in the custody of the PUCP, is part of the Julia Codesido Foundation.
Julia Codesido: an indigenist painter
Julia Codesido was one of the most important artists of the 20th century indigenous movement. In the 1920s, she was a student and, later, a teacher at the formerly called Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, where her work was str
Characteristics of her art work
Her works are characterized by the use of warm colors, an energetic brushstroke and a drawing of sensitive lines, characteristics that synthesized various artistic elements of the avant-garde of his time.
The theme of her art works was influenced by an indigenous aesthetic and a high degree of social commitment, which was a fundamental part of her production as an artist.
Getting to know her art
Her main works include nudes of women, portraits and works of a naturalistic nature. Among her best-known paintings are India desnuda, Simón Bolívar, Limeña, Caballo Verde and La Palabra.
Content: Dirección de Asuntos Culturales
Texts: Aldair Manay Meza
Photographs: Camila Tamayo Arrieta
Moyano-Chiang, G. (2020). Indias Huancas de Julia Codesido. Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie VII, Historia del Arte, pp. 221–250.
Vallenas, A. (Ed.). (2014). Los tesoros culturales de la PUCP: Catálogo de arte prehispánico y popular . Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.