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Ramón Banús 1938 — 2012

The Ramón Banús Legacy

Ramón
Banús

Guatemalan painter · 1938 – 2012

“When I pick up a pencil, the possibilities in my hand become limitless.”

— Ramón Banús

Trained at Guatemala's National School of Fine Arts and at La Lonja in Barcelona, Banús fused surrealism and magical realism to portray the human figure, folklore and everyday life in Guatemala. He exhibited across Europe and the Americas from 1961. Since his death, his legacy has continued to be presented in solo and group exhibitions.

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Self-portrait of Ramón Banús, oil
Self-portrait · oil

Works

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Representative works from five decades of his career.

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66solo and group exhibitions, 1961 – 2026View exhibitions → 14countries where his work has been shownInternational career → 207press articles about his work, 1963 – 2012Explore the press archive → 5decades of artistic career, 1961 – 2012See his story →

“In Banús I have seen an exceptional draftsman of extraordinary pictorial qualities.”

María Rosario Valladares · Diario El Gráfico, 1967 (translated)

Honors

A distinguished career

  1. 1982Master of Art specializing in Fine Arts, Ministry of Education of Guatemala
  2. 1991Emeritissimum, School of Humanities, University of San Carlos of Guatemala
  3. 1999Officer's Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, awarded by King Juan Carlos I of Spain
  4. 2003Distinguished Citizen of Guatemala City
  5. 2005Represented Guatemala at the United Nations 60th Anniversary exhibition, Geneva

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