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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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Woman on Mule Carrying Jars

Woman on Mule Carrying Jars (ca. 1850)

Francisco Fierro (Peruvian, 1807–1879)
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Country Highway and Indians on Horseback

Country Highway and Indians on Horseback (ca. 1850)

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Water Vendor

Water Vendor (ca. 1850)

Francisco Fierro (Peruvian, 1807–1879)
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Water Vendor

Water Vendor (ca. 1850)

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Team of Mules Led by Indian

Team of Mules Led by Indian (ca. 1850)

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Tailor Shop

Tailor Shop (ca. 1850)

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Store Watchman

Store Watchman (ca. 1850)

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Royal Procession

Royal Procession (ca. 1850)

Francisco Fierro (Peruvian, 1807–1879)
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‘Prarie Schooner’ Drawn by two oxen

‘Prarie Schooner’ Drawn by two oxen (ca. 1850)

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Piquanteria

Piquanteria (ca. 1850)

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Pastry Shop

Pastry Shop (ca. 1850)

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A man viewed from behind beating a dog with a stick

A man viewed from behind beating a dog with a stick (ca. 1848)

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A woman confessing to a priest

A woman confessing to a priest (ca. 1848)

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A woman carrying a vessel on her head and a child on her back

A woman carrying a vessel on her head and a child on her back (ca. 1848)

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A watercarrier riding a donkey

A watercarrier riding a donkey (ca. 1848)

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A tortilla vendor balancing a tray on his head

A tortilla vendor balancing a tray on his head (ca. 1848)

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A soldier on horseback holding a rope that secures an enslaved indigenous man who is balancing a basket on his head

A soldier on horseback holding a rope that secures an enslaved indigenous man who is balancing a basket on his head (ca. 1848)

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A priest from the order of Santo Domingo (Saint Dominic)

A priest from the order of Santo Domingo (Saint Dominic) (ca. 1848)

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A priest from the Mercederian order (Order of Our Lady of Mercy)

A priest from the Mercederian order (Order of Our Lady of Mercy) (ca. 1848)

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A Peruvian man

A Peruvian man (ca. 1848)

Francisco Fierro (Peruvian, 1807–1879)
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A monk from the order of St Francis viewed from behind

A monk from the order of St Francis viewed from behind (ca. 1848)

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A monk from the order of Barbones

A monk from the order of Barbones (ca. 1848)

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A woman getting into her saya viewed from behind

A woman getting into her saya viewed from behind (ca. 1848)

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A man riding a mule, his whip raised, another mule loaded with grass alongside

A man riding a mule, his whip raised, another mule loaded with grass alongside (ca. 1848)

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A man driving a cart pulled by mules

A man driving a cart pulled by mules (ca. 1848)

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A man and woman dancing the Zamacueca

A man and woman dancing the Zamacueca (ca. 1848)

Francisco Fierro (Peruvian, 1807–1879)
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A man and woman dancing the Zamacueca

A man and woman dancing the Zamacueca (ca. 1848)

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A man and a woman dancing

A man and a woman dancing (ca. 1848)

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A man and a woman dancing

A man and a woman dancing (ca. 1848)

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A canon handing a crucifix to a man

A canon handing a crucifix to a man (ca. 1848)

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