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Francisco Fierro
Francisco Fierro

Francisco Fierro

Peruvian, 1807–1879
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Francisco Fierro Palas, called "Pancho" Fierro was an Afro-Peruvian painter, known primarily for his costumbrista watercolors, which depict his country's life and customs.

He was baptized on 5 February 1809, the son of Nicolás Rodríguez del Fierro, a priest, and a slave from the household of Nicolás' father, Don Antonio, a Colonel in the Militia Battalion. He had been manumitted upon his birth, following a rule that said no son of a Spaniard could be born a slave, but was raised by his mother's family.

There is no record of him receiving any artistic training, so he was probably self-taught. He married in 1828 and made his living by painting signs, making posters for bullfights and molding statues for nativity scenes. He also painted wall murals, all of which have been destroyed or covered over.

Today, he is remembered for his watercolors, painted on sign cards, depicting everyday scenes from Peruvian life. He created over 1200 of them and their popularity produced many imitators. The writer Ricardo Palma owned a large collection which his heirs gave to the City of Lima. They are now on display at the Pinacoteca Municipal Ignacio Merino. The captions were provided by Palma, as Fierro may have been illiterate. Other large collections were acquired by the French painter Léonce Angrand and the Russian ethnographer Leopold von Schrenck, whose collection is now at the "Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography" in the Kunstkamera, Saint Petersburg.

According to an obituary in El Comercio, he died of paralysis in a hospital on Peruvian Independence Day.

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Indian Woman Going to Market

Indian Woman Going to Market (ca. 1850)

Francisco Fierro (Peruvian, 1807–1879)
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Military Review

Military Review (ca. 1850)

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Figurative
Market

Market (ca. 1850)

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Market Place

Market Place (ca. 1850)

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Man on Mule with Loaded Saddlebacks

Man on Mule with Loaded Saddlebacks (ca. 1850)

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Laundress of Trujillo

Laundress of Trujillo (ca. 1850)

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Interior of an Inn

Interior of an Inn (ca. 1850)

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Indian Woman Stirring Kettle over a Fire

Indian Woman Stirring Kettle over a Fire (ca. 1850)

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Indian Woman Smoking Cigar in Front of Breadstand

Indian Woman Smoking Cigar in Front of Breadstand (ca. 1850)

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Indian Woman Selling Vegetables

Indian Woman Selling Vegetables (ca. 1850)

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Indian Woman on Horseback

Indian Woman on Horseback (ca. 1850)

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Native Women of Trujillo

Native Women of Trujillo (ca. 1850)

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Indian Woman Cooking Fish

Indian Woman Cooking Fish (ca. 1850)

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Indian Woman and Llama

Indian Woman and Llama (ca. 1850)

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Indian Man Selling Butter

Indian Man Selling Butter (ca. 1850)

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Indian Man Dragging Dead Dog

Indian Man Dragging Dead Dog (ca. 1850)

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Indian Man Carrying Tray

Indian Man Carrying Tray (ca. 1850)

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Indian Girl Returning from the Fields

Indian Girl Returning from the Fields (ca. 1850)

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Fruit Seller

Fruit Seller (ca. 1850)

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Four Indians Eating Watermelons

Four Indians Eating Watermelons (ca. 1850)

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Fish Merchant and Indian Woman

Fish Merchant and Indian Woman (ca. 1850)

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Woman Carrying Large Jar

Woman Carrying Large Jar (ca. 1850)

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Going to church – Lady and duenna

Going to church – Lady and duenna (circa 1850-1860)

Francisco Fierro (Peruvian, 1807–1879)
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Square of Lima

Square of Lima (ca. 1850)

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Landscape
Facade of a Church, Lima

Facade of a Church, Lima (ca. 1850)

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City Square

City Square (ca. 1850)

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Women of Trujillo Selling Pots

Women of Trujillo Selling Pots (ca. 1850)

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Woman with Basket on her Head

Woman with Basket on her Head (ca. 1850)

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Woman with a Candelabra

Woman with a Candelabra (ca. 1850)

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Woman Selling Beverage to Indian Man

Woman Selling Beverage to Indian Man (ca. 1850)

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