Cecilio Guzmán de Rojas

Cecilio Guzmán de Rojas was a Bolivian painter who was a leader of the indigenous art movement during the first half of the 20th century.

Life

Rojas was born in Potosí, Bolivia.
He was a student of Avelino Nogales, and then Julio Romero de Torres, who taught him in Spain. Rojas became a leader of the Bolivian indigenous art movement during the first half of the 20th century, and was known for mixing Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles with Indigenist imagery.
Rojas taught the American modernist painter Evelyn Metzger, whilst she was living in South America.
He was the father of the noted mathematician, scientist and linguist Iván Guzmán de Rojas.
He died by suicide in La Paz.