Mendoza Alvarado, José Gabriel

Peru, 1936 - 2010

José Gabriel Mendoza was among the last patients whose works the renowned Peruvian psychiatrist Honorio Delgado collected in the 1960s. Originally from the Callao region (Peru), this eldest of eight siblings began showing signs of acute schizophrenia at age 19, shortly after obtaining his accounting degree, which led to his institutionalization for the rest of his life. And it was there that the miracle occurred. In the protective seclusion of the asylum, encouraged by a caring and attentive Professor Delgado, he tirelessly began creating hundreds of feverish and exalted expressionist gouaches.

Source: christian berst art brut